Hot Air Balloon

For John's 50th birthday, MJ and John took a hot air baloon ride over the Eastside! Our original plan was to take a sunrise ride, but cloud cover forced it to be postponed to a late afternoon/pre-sunset ride. We took off from just north of Woodinville at 6:30, and got up to about 3,000 feet. It was a bit hazy but we were able to see Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, the Seattle and Bellevue skylines, and the Cascade range east of us. We were in one of three balloons that were launched, with eight passengers and a pilot in each balloon. The balloon came down after about an hour. With no way to steer it, we were carried about 6 miles south and landed safely on a street in Redmond. All the neighbors came out to see us as the balloon was packed up and we got on our way!