Thursday, July 8, 2010

Up, Up, and Away

While at Conner Prairie, Malcolm and I took a ride in their replica 1859  helium balloon.  He was so excited and thrilled to go up.


Here you can see the gondola and about half of the balloon.  The gondola is a giant doughnut.  There are big wheels on the bottom and the balloon lowers down onto a cone.  The cone and wheels help to line it up and control the landing.




Malcolm was just tall enough to be able to see out of the gondola.  Once we were at the top of the tether, I picked him up so that he could see out even better.




The view from the top.  The bottom left is some of the people listening to the concert.




Just a few of the cars in the parking lot we had to wait with after the concert.




The view down through the center of the gondola.



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