Rain and more rain and no balloons!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Albuquerque

Wet and rainy!

Not only was it raining when we finally crashed last night, it was still raining when we got up this morning. Sadly, for everyone, the launch this morning was cancelled, and at last word, the afternoon didn’t look good.

The major problem is that the ground is too wet. The balloons can’t be laid out on the ground for filling with air when it’s wet. Makes them too heavy to fill! We heard that the local TV stations are sending their helicopters to hover over the launch field to try to help dry it out. I love it!!!

Wasted effort as it turned out. It rained again all afternoon! Oh well – at least, for us, there is the next whole week! And the weather is supposedly turning back to sunshine tomorrow!