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COVID-19 vaccine lines and tents (in parking lot a

COVID-19 vaccine lines and tents (in parking lot at right), State Farm / Cardinals Stadium, Glendale, Arizona. Photographed from the Flying Carpet.

I took this photo from a hot air balloon in the 19

I took this photo from a hot air balloon in the 1997 Fountain Hills, Arizona, Balloon Race.

This fountain competes with one in Geneva, Switzerland for title as tallest in the world. We had a couple of scares during this flight, along with a ton of fun. First, our balloon floated directly toward the fountain after takeoff, threatening to dump us in the drink. Then once aloft, we learned that race organizers had failed to seek landing permission on the Salt River Indian Reservation, the only open space in that direction for participants to land. You can bet we packed up quickly following touchdown!

If you've never experienced ballooning, you need to try it! Along with memorable views, I will never forget "chasing" a pair of deer through the desert a few hundred feet below, and being able to hear their hoofbeats as they ran. Can't do that from an airplane! (An account of this adventure appears in my book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane.)

Sheepish gas station, Manhattan, 2013

Sheepish gas station, Manhattan, 2013

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