Fun morning on the lake

Small village view shortly after takeoff.

View of wind turbine farm on horizon from hot air balloon after launch.

View of hot air balloon after launch.

Smokey skies for this morning’s flight.

Purple capped pilot featuring single burner.

View of rainbow striped hot air balloon through the mouth .

Quick fun flight

Hot air balloons launching from fire station.

First flight of 2025

Two special shaped hot air balloons, fire dog and police dog.

They’re turning up the cute and the wow at the 2025 Balloons Over Vermilion with two crowd favorites:

🔥 Fire Dog, piloted by Tom Steinbock
👮‍♂️ Police Dog, piloted by Brian Chase

Thank you to the incredible sponsors for helping bring these beloved shapes to life!

Balloon shadow over farmland.

Balloon shadow against tree-lined field.

Drones make shape of hot air balloon

Drones sighted over Portugal

Hot air balloon in winter

Can’t wait for the next winter flight!

Fractal printed hot air balloon in the snow with mountains in the background.

And for the last night of this joyful #ArtAdventCalendar, I’ll share a picture of Infinitude in the snow. We were flying at the famed Chateaux d’Oex balloon rally in Switzerland in 2019. So beautiful!

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