You had me going: "Wonder what funny thing she's going to describe next?". Enjoyed it thoroughly!
Seeing as most everyone else has been posting their various methods of becoming airborne, I'll have to 'fess up and post some of Id_Jit's flying stories...
Thought more about your ability to hear conversational level speech from the height of the balloon... when I first moved to Manhattan, my boyfriend's parents had an apartment on the 31st floor of 1 Lincoln Plaza (directly across from... Lincoln Center)... in the summer with the windows open the street noise was phenomenal... always thought that was odd... gut was that it should be quiet that high up... it wasn't... now I am wondering about the direction sound waves take... thought they were horizontal not vertical... combination of the two???
Thanks PW for sharing another great outdoor adventure. You any kin to Steve Fossett? :>) Us guys better get on the stick and start getting adventuresome. Our life among deadly rattlesnakes, mountain lions, bears, coyotes and such sure seems tame lately.
As usual another excellent post. I'm starting to get envious of you and Ksquared. <g>