We were absolutely the luckiest balloonist this weekend at Gallup! The weather was perfect for launch with 2 to 3 knots westerly breeze and we were fortunate to be in the Bill Lee's basket with his brand new Spirit of New Mexico ballon - the black balloon with the Day of the Dead logo! - Bill is the leader of the balloonist pilots for the area. We travelled up the canyon walls doing a deliberate ceremonious bump of the basket on one of the rock outcrops and eventually landed a couple of miles away in Navajo tribal territory village. What a wonderful way to spend the morning - we did get up at 5 am and dress for below freezing temperatures which fortunately moved swiftly up to the 50's by mid morning.
