Hot-Air Balloon Ride with Rainbow Ryders Lifts Newcomer’s Spirits

Passenger Experience

Oct 7, 2015

From the Albuquerque Journal:

Over the bosque, we slowly descended past the cottonwoods and dipped into the Rio Grande. A little water came up through the bottom of the basket and dampened my shoes, christening me a New Mexican.

Appelman gave the burner a blast, and we were back up.

I waved at people walking dogs a thousand feet below. Everyone waved back.

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