Fiesta day 7...

Still going strong... have not had a decent nights sleep since leaving home last Tuesday, 10 days and counting. Having too much bloody fun.

Yesterday (Day six) was the first day of 'special shapes' where they flew from the field and all the regular baloons had to fly from off field. 'Sky Angel' had a companion for the day, 'Salida del Sol@ piloted by Scott Esposito. As Scott had no crew we helped launch and land his balloon as well as 'Sky Angel'. As they landed at different times it gave us plenty of time to do both.

Some of the special shapes are pretty interesting.

There was the Brandenburg Gate

A Shamrock called Paddy

Darth Vader

And some bees kissing

Today (day seven of 4am starts) was again special shapes only there was a competition for the regular shapes. They had to fly from off field and drop a 'baggie' onto a target on the balloon field. Due to the odd winds and the 'Alberquerque box' Keith, the pilot for Sky Angel' took of south of the field, flew north, climbed and then went east, dropped lower and headed west to get himself positioned for a run south across the field. He hit just inside the first target and with his second baggie landed about a foot off the center of the big X. Scored some points, will have to wait for briefing tomorrow morning to find out how well he did.

There were some more special shapes today that did not fly yesterday including...

An American Eagle

The Orient Express

The Space Shuttle

After flying it was back to the field for another tailgate party. Someone turned up with a box of stuff called Tarantula, this was a blue Tequila drink that was bloody nice. Haveing just toooooo much fun here, I am sure I will pay for it somewhere along the line.