The Landing

Ok, here is the landing story.  The pilot wanted to land in a grassy area that was in a neighborhood but missed it just a little.

This is the area that he wanted to land in.  I took a picture of the balloon that did land in the area right after we landed.

However, this is where we landed.  The balloon touched down right at the curb of the driveway and street.  We almost took out the mailbox.  The pilot had told us earlier to get on the balls of our feet and bend our knees when we land.  I thought he would give us a heads up but I think he was a little concern as we were landing.  He was yelling at the guys on the ground to run.  The pilot had to throw out an anchor and they had to pull us down.  We slammed right on the sidewalk.  

This is a picture of the guys pulling the other balloon.  It was exciting to watch.  The people in the car were not frazzled that a balloon was about to land on top of them.  It was obvious they had seen this before.

The guys pulled us in the basket a few yards down the street.  This is the street sign we passed as we went down the street.

Once we got to the grassy area we were able to get out of the balloon.  Here is a pic of us after the trip.  It was quite an adventure.

More Napa Valley pics to come.