cool nights, it provided some great hiking weather, and no rain that threatened to turn the access road into my camp to quagmire.
almost every morning, better than an alarm clock (what is an alarm clock anyway?) i awoke to see one or more hot air balloons approaching, without even having to lift my head off the pillow.
i was greatly impressed to see how accurate the pilots are able to land these things – right in the parking lot of one of the pickup locations. but then, i discovered that they ‘cheat’ just a little bit! since they can only control the distance they fly, and not really the direction, i 