radiantquest
Ideal_Rock
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This afternoon I was getting out of the shower and heard a weird noise. I was still nakee so I could not investigate myself so I yelled to DH. I told him that it sounded like something loud was being dragged every few seconds. Then he heard it and said that it was a hot air balloon. He looked outside and there it was! It was obviously in distress because I live in a heavily wooded area and there is no way that the desired landing zone was anywhere near. He said that it was just a couple feet from hitting the house. I didn''t get to see it because I was not in a position to go running. I did get dressed and made it outside to see that it had missed our house, but was clearly trying to land. It was less than half and acre away by the time I got to see it. Off of our property, but so close. I am not sure where it landed, but I can''t imagine it was a soft landing because it was headed into an area that has a stream and a lot of trees. I searched to see if there was info about it on the net yet and there wasn''t. I feel so bad for those people. I can only imagine the tragedy had it hit our house. Those people probably would have died. Arent those things highly flammable? I don''t understand why they didn''t just land in our yard. We have plenty of space. Now that I think about it that is probably what they were trying to do and then realized they wouldn''t hit ground in time and that is why they were so close to the top of the house.
I always wanted to take a balloon ride. I think that I no longer do.
I always wanted to take a balloon ride. I think that I no longer do.