you might be addicted to ballooning if . . .

[Megan Avery]

This should be fun. I got the idea after watching the Blue Collar Comedy Tour II ... for the hundredth time. So, instead of "you might be a redneck if . . . " let's try it with ballooning. Have fun with it ... let me know what you think.

[Wendy Kavanagh]

O.K. Megan, I think you might be addicted to ballooning if you keep your gloves on when you go to bed so you are ready for the early morning balloon call.

[Maaike Bierma]

You might be addicted to ballooning if wherever you travel, for whatever reason, you're scoping out take-off and landing sites.

[Wendy Kavanagh]

Maaike, you'r right! We find we are always looking at the most unlikely places and thinking - this looks like it might be an interesting place to fly. Might not be a good place to land, but definitely a beautiful place to fly over.

[karl]

You might be addicted to ballooning if:
While approaching a hill when driving your car, you reach up to burn and turn your interior light on.
You yell out "Burning" when lighting your gas stove or BBQ.
You try to pitch your tent by getting two crew people to hold the door open while you start the fan.
You install a smart vent, instead of air conditioning, in to your roof.

[Barb Smith]

You log onto Aunty Monkey more than once a day!!

[Drew Egerton]

You check Aerostatz.com and other sites multiple times every day in search of the perfect system at a great price even when you know it hasn't been updated in a while.

You find a 1987 buyers guide copy of Balloon Life in the bathroom at the repair station and stay in there twice as long as neccesary comparing prices from then to now and which companies are still in business. (I did this today if you can't tell)

[karl]

:)
Yeah, i've possibly been upside down a tad too long...

[Ben Miller]

You might be addicted to ballooning when...
you check Weather.com every hour and only look at the wind direction, speed and Barometric pressure.
Your full time job during the summer was balloon flying and crewing
You look at trucks and vans driving pass you on the highway and try to look for the perfect Chase vehicle setup

[Aaron Zippy Richter]

hey ben i have a website or two for you that do a much better job than weather.com. the first one is the balloon cast on www.blastvalve.com and the second one is www.wunderground.com Each of these websites are more area specific than that of weather.com

[Aaron Zippy Richter]

You might be addicted to ballooning if you try to chase down every trailer that you see in hopes that it might be a balloon trailer.

[Phil]

oh crap! I'm addicted...Aerostatz.com...weather...chase vehicles...8 pairs of gloves in the truck (only one mine)...sniff my pillow for trace propane...chat girls up, not for dating but crewing...always looking for the perfect launch and landing site. HELP! Is there a cure for this?!

You know you're addicted when you ask a single girl what she thinks of sunrise, if she replies negatively... YOU MOVE ON!

[Megan Avery]

I don't think there's a cure .... but I think I should start a support group since all of these addicts admit to addiction. lol A sunrise launch .... awesome .... I'll go.