"Well stranger.. We've been surviving down Herr.. I have gotten a flight in every month this winter.. Had a nice long Easter evening flight last night.. We did get our acceptance letter back for Monroe and Peoria .. Hope you all had a great…"
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kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"yeah.. we meet once a month, on the 2nd sunday.. we have planned to have our "spring fling " at our house on May 5th.. which is cynco de mayo.. so we have chosen to call it cynco de flyo.. at our house. we are also talking…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"Yuck!!! We have snow... It's a nasty wet snow.. About 4 inches...but it's supposed to rain wednesday, so it goin to be nasty/ muddy for awhile.. Glad we got that flight in.."
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"whoo hoo!!!!! the kids were happy to get out and see some sun.. it wasnt too bad today, it was 40* in the basket for the flight. Tim and I flew for 1:30.. had a safe flight but it was a memorable one.. wow it was sure different, the kids were on a…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"yeah, Maury is doin the Monroe race also.. we've never been to the Olathe race, others have told me its competitive.. thats what I like and close to home, of course we'll do Natchez, they just havent sent out there apps yet.. we went to a…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"that'll be awesome if you come up to monroe and crew for us.. thought we'd give you some heads up notice sinces it is a thurs-tues. event this yr.. we just mailed off for race app. last night (tues).. sent off Decatur, Ottumwa, Peoria, and…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"well I'm glad to know you and you family are still surviving up there.. let me tell ya its been hard to believe how wonderful this winter has been down here. i was able to get a nice flight in Jan with some instruction from Layne, but thats all…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"Well I filled out my app for peoria.. The kids are back flyin again.. The wx has been good for January.. I flew this last Sunday am.. Got 1:20 of instruction toward my comm. License.. Might even get to fly this weekend comin up.."
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"Well I filled out my app for peoria.. The kids are back flyin again.. The wx has been good for January.. I flew this last Sunday am.. Got 1:20 of instruction toward my comm. License.. Might even get to fly this weekend comin up.."
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"Well I guess you probably knew I flew again this last Sunday.. Whoo what a flight.. It seems that every flight is a learning experience...I was happy to be safely on the ground, but the packing up sucked.. This last sunday was my 1 yr annerversary…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"Well it's been a while since I've talked to ya.. It hasn't been very flyable around here for a while now.. It sucks.. The poor kids have been stuck out in the cold, freezing in the trailer lately.. The wx worked out to sneak a flight…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"I'm sorry stranger for just getting back with you... It's been pretty busy around here... Branson went well.. The kids did well and behaved.. It wasn't a real competitve event, and won't ever be.. The terrain down there limits…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"we used the tarp fri am only... it was a pure dirt field and I/we didnt want to stain the balloon. so if the ground is really bad, we use a tarp... if you get caught dipping in the river, youll get kicked out of natchez for good, plus if you make…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"we were up and on the road on time... it was a great weekend in Natchez.. did the media flight on fri am, we flew across the river into louisiana... that was cool, cause there was some light fog on the LA side of the river.. glowed fri pm in the…"
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"Well we are all packed up and ready to head south.. Goin to get some sleep then leave around 4:30am in the morning( thurs).. Those little colored kids are getting restless in that trailer already..."
kenny jay left a comment for Sarah Nelson"we've been to Natchez for like the last 5 yrs... thats where we got engaged.. thatll be awesome if you came down..I'm hoping to get a couple flights in here bthis weekend.. getting all practiced up..lol"
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Hi everyone!
I'm going to the Fiesta for the first time this year and I was wondering if anyone had ideas on which local restaurants are the best places to eat, and if there was any other exciting activities to do when I'm not watching balloons. Thanks in advance for the ideas!
I'm going to the Fiesta for the first time this year and I was wondering if anyone had ideas on which local restaurants are the best places to eat, and if there was any other exciting activities to do when I'm not watching balloons. Thanks in advance for the ideas!
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 10:13pm — 4 Comments
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- At 2:22pm on August 11, 2009, kenny jay said…
- welcome to the monkey. we will be at centralia, next weekend
- At 2:57pm on August 12, 2009, kenny jay said…
- well my wife and i crew for a pilot in missouri and he got invited to go to centralia for his first time, so he offered us to come with him and crew for him. i was told its a nice place/event. hope the weather works out. i have been saying for the last few years i wanted a balloon and to get my license. well i have my students and "we" just bought a balloon a few weeks ago. but havent got to fly it yet. I'm soo ready to get to fly it. maybe this weekend.
- At 5:55am on August 14, 2009, kenny jay said…
- well we crew for a pilot that has 2 aerostar systems. one is a 54 and the other is a 90. that was the only balloons we really crewed for and that i have got any time in. we crewed for a pilot from oklahoma, micheal scott. he has fire fly systems. we found out that they are soo much easier to set up and take down. so we decided thats what we wanted. we shopped around and found the one we have now. we bought the lower end separate from the envelope. best thing to do to find good trainer balloons is to talk around to other pilots and repair stations. you will find out that there are alot for sale but just not being advertised forsale. ours will hopefully last a few years. but should be enough to get my training out of the way so we can buy a nicer balloon.
- At 11:47am on August 14, 2009,
Timmy said… - welcome to aunty monkey!!!
- At 2:38am on August 15, 2009, Timmy said…
- yeah probably only 1 day though because i live 2 hours away. will you be there?
-Timmy-
- At 5:53am on August 15, 2009, kenny jay said…
- we ended up buying a brand new 6x10 v-nose enclosed trailer. could buy a new trailer for about 600 dollars more than people around here wanted for a used trailer. so we went ahead and spent the little extra and got what we wanted. another consideration on a balloon is your closest repair stations. if you purchase a fire fly, is there local places to repair or are they into cameron, or linstand?
- At 5:59am on August 15, 2009, kenny jay said…
- crewing for different pilots you get to see multiole ways to get the same outcome. best thing to do is to crew at the festivals you can and hopefully you can get in with local pilots that will help you out. the pilot we crew for is giving me my instruction. i also have some other local pilots that offered to help me out if i need it. like if i want fly and my instructor cant, they would be willing to fly with me. i have around 5 or 6 balloon pilots that live real close to me.
- At 11:48pm on August 25, 2009,
Heartlover1717 said… - Thanks so very much, Sarah! We've had quite a rainy season in the northeast - hoping the weather is kind to us throughout the remaining events!
- At 1:01am on August 26, 2009, kenny jay said…
- went great! was unable to fly/ glow friday.. too windy, but got to fly sat. a.m and p.m., and sun. a.m
- At 4:24pm on August 27, 2009,
Spencer Conlin said… - macomb is the weekend of the 12th
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