ViewPoint Balloons
Hot Air Balloon Rides in Eastern and Central Connecticut
 (860) 428-6769

December 5, 2004 - Sunday - AM Flight & Pack-up for shipment back home

On the fifth and last day of Leon we flew our driver/crewperson and another sponsor. Back in the Leon "Box" we made a wide and high circuit and came back to the launch field for a beautiful stand-up landing, less then 50 yards from where we took off.  Our sponsors' president was in his kayak in the reservoir and we almost flew right over him. After we landed he dragged his kayak up on the launch field to our balloon, still inflated, and opened a bottle of champagne for all of us to celibate with. A most memorable ending to a wonderful and hospitable balloon festival. After more pictures, socializing with our sponsor, crew and their families it was time to deflate the balloon and pack it up for shipment back to the US. I hope we will be inflating here again next year with our new friends, our gracious sponsor COFOCE and the people of Leon.

	Our crewmember & COFOCE sponsor representative, Heriberto, presented Bruce and I with a bottle of Tequila distilled in 1921. We haven’t opened it yet, but when we do we will be sharing it with balloon friends, in the spirit it was give to us, and telling the story for our balloon friends in Leon, Mexico. Thank you COFOCE	Our balloon, on the right, ready for shipment back to the US. Everything you need for ballooning is in that basket, except a chase vehicle.