UPDATE: I have been going out & photographing hot air balloon events across the
South since 1992. After a while, back in 2006, I burned out - getting the same shots,
and not being able to fly when there are a lot of balloons in the sky all at once, I bailed
out so to speak. Fast forward to 2010 & we go to Decatur, AL, our favorite place to shoot
and visit, and be damned if mother nature didn't put the screws to us!!! Blame it on El Nino
I guess, but I doubt seriously that I will attend any more of these events, as money, time
& gas could go to something more productive - like Music Festivals! The weather has yet
to ruin one of those for us! Unless, some day we can make it out to Albuquerque where they
fly for 9 days!!