Eventually we had to come down, landing
in a field of glorious spring flowers. The ground crew caught
Kailie's basket as she landed but Lars advised us to adopt the landing
position as he expected a bumpy touch down
It was less than dramatic and the basket
remained upright. Safely back on the ground we were treated to
Cloud Nine cocktails, (Champagne and cranberry juice) cookies and cake
Then it was time to help our patient
ground crew to pack up the balloons, which involved
nothing more strenuous than rolling around on them until they gave up and
collapsed
As luck would have it we landed quite close to Ayvali and
arrived back at Gamirasu in time to have a more substantial breakfast |