This summer walk-about has been different from previous ones since we are spending most of our time in Teton Valley, Idaho. An unexpected visitor brought us news that a group of balloonists have been invited to fly over Devil’s Tower National Monument. A couple of phone calls later and we were included on the list….
Category: travels
Panguitch Valley Balloon Rally
First balloon stop on this year’s summer walk-about was the Panguitch Valley Balloon Rally. This is always a great rally that the town comes out and supports whole-heartedly. We had 3 great days of flying with many balloons being able to box back to the launch field each day. The winds didn’t cooperate for the…
Lower Calf Creek Falls
Walk about 2018 Our first night was a stop at the Virgin River Gorge campground before setting a more permanent camp for 3 nights at Lower Calf Creek Falls in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The campground is the trailhead for the 3 mile hike into Lower Calf Creek Falls, a 126 foot cascade which later…
Athabasca Falls
Playing around with some iPhone photos, Luminar 2018 and Tonality.
Flying in Teton Valley
One of the most beautiful places to fly in the US is Teton Valley nestled between the Tetons to the east and the Big Holes to the west. The morning before the total eclipse of 2017 was a perfect morning to take to the skies over the valley. As a relatively new drone pilot I…
Summer Walk-about 2017
Stats from 2017 walk-about
Walkabout 2017
My apologies to all my readers who have voiced complaints about not getting to live vicariously through my posts because I haven’t been posting. This will get you caught up. Abstract (fancy name for Reader’s Digest version): So far the trip has been drive 13 hours to balloon camp in Truckee, balloon, eat, talk about…
Postcards from the Tetons
I posted these on my other social media channels but I wanted to also post them here before the trip became a distant memory. SaveSave
Spring break in the Tetons
Here are a couple of quick postcards from the road trip so far.