Saturday day 8. Another mass assencion from the field, another 4am start. Today Keith took his daughter Kim and Dennis the weatherman flying and managed to put the balloon down in the Rio Grande and drift downriver for around half a mile before flying off to Corales. Landed in a back garden and gave the homeowners kids a ride while we pulled the balloon out of the rough prickly stuff and laid out on their back lawn. Good PR for the balloonists and great fun for the kids. For a flavour of the mass accencion take a look here.
After flying we all went to Wecks for breakfast where myself, Ray and his lady Karen took our leave and headed back to Illinois.
Arrived back around 3:30pm Sunday after a long tiring drive. Managed to wash some clothes which included my credit cards, driving licence and 90 dollars. I'll say one thing for the yank money, it cannot be destroyed by a washing machine and tumble drier.
Tuesday I left Peoria and headed to Chicago on the Peoria Charter Coach to Midway for a Wed morning flight to San Jose, Costa Rica (another 4am start). Had to spend Wednesday in San Jose as I did not make the connection for the flight down to Golfito and will take the morning one.
Had an amazing meal at a Brazilian resaurant. You can spend hours there eating at your leisure from meat carved off large skewers brought to your table. Very good food.
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