Thursday nights "BBQ" was a bit different this year as one of the Festival's Sponsors, California Kitchen, catered the dinner. Everyone enjoyed a variety of Pizza's, breads and salads. Many thanks to Cory for organizing the evening and to WAS members for your help and participation.
Festival flights occured on Saturday and Sunday mornings. We got 'weathered out' on Friday. The weekend flights gave our communities a great show with the balloons scattering over a wide area. The 'record' for long distance was a toss up between Bill Woodhead flying WWJD to Canby on Saturday, and Michael Blum flying Betty Bovine to Gladstone on Sunday with a splash and dash in Lake Oswego along the way.
Both Friday and Saturday's night glows came off great. With less than perfect conditions we stood up the Corporate Balloons on Friday and scattered other baskets around the field. On Saturday everyone who participated stood up their balloons a little before dark and had a wonderful time entertaining the crowd. Darren Kling (ReMax), Kevin Knapp (Mayflower) and Michael Blum (Beemster Cheese) lined their balloons across the field and did an all-in-one stand up. Once they were up the remainder of the field stood up their balloons.
Our own Laura Hancock received the Brick Morgan Memorial Sportsmanship Award for delighting neighborhood kids with tethered rides after landing in their neighborhood on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday she entertained the kids for over an hour and half until her fuel tanks ran dry. Way to show the "Ballooning Spirit" Laura.
Many thanks to all our members who participated in one form or another. See y'all next year.
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