This morning, I was summoned from my room by B exclaiming “Quick tattie, a hot air balloon!”:

We then noticed that the fellow with the white truck was setting up a PPG!  I went over and said hello to Tuan, who was up in the air in no time:

Tuan flies a trike buggy PPG instead of foot launch:

Meanwhile, M and B rode their bikes around:

I decided to get my PPG put together and join Tuan in the air:

Up I go:

Birds of a feather.  Or rip-stop nylon:

Tuan filmed me from the air as he flew behind me. The video is here:

Tuan kept flying, but I had a perfect landing and then stowed my gear:

B created a shirt using batik, a process in which wax is applied to fabric to prevent portions of the fabric from absorbing dye:

The finished result:

I got in a sunset flight:

During family game time, I disassembled our Canon SD1100IS camera to try and clear out what I think is sand jamming the mechanism that extends the lens:

We didn’t have any turkey today, but we did have a great day!