Monday, June 16, 2025
We got up at 4:30 to get ready. We picked up our lunches from the main building. The same woman who checked us in at 4pm a was serving dinner until at least 9pm was also passing out lunches at 5am! Tammy’s parents, Kelvin, Sandra, Tammy, and I all piled into our vehicle to drive 45 minutes to the hot air balloon place. It was super dark and we could see many stars. When we arrived, we were all half asleep. They had coffee, tea, health shots, and crunchies (South African cookie bar made with oats) for us to eat while we waited. It was chilly, but we were okay in our down jackets. We met our pilot Ivo, and listened to the instructions. We went to the bathroom and got into the bus that would drive us to the launch site. There were 12 passengers per balloon and 4 balloons. Ten people fit into each shuttle bus. It sounded like a math problem! We drove about 15 minutes and arrived to where they were setting up the balloons. We found our balloon. The sun was starting to rise and we took pictu...