Kathy and Brian rode in a hot-air balloon one sunrise about a dozen years ago. We were in Telluride Colorado on a Fourth of July weekend during a balloon rally and floated up in the air in a balloon sponsored by a restaurant one of her brothers owned.
We touched down at one point in a field inhabited by a bull at the far end. Fortunately he kept his distance. Later we drifted near the runway of the local airport and had to assume the plane sitting on the runway a few hundred feet down could see us too.
That was plenty of excitement for us, but for others, especially those with deep pockets, there are other alternatives to a plain plane ride.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.