Day 11 - Up in the Air
When I woke up at 5:30 AM this morning (we've been doing that for a while now to see the balloons), we went to the oval right next to ours, where 10 to 15 "fiesta balloons (balloons that don't take part in the competition) were inflating. We were going to ask around and see if we could go up in one. Dad had already got a spot in the commercial balloon, but us kids wanted to go up too. Unfortunately, the commercial flight was fully booked so we couldn't get a spot there. We asked around, and at the last minute, someone said they could do it. So I got a spot. But Niklas was still on the ground. So we asked again at the commercial flights, and, luckily, there was one more space. So me, Niklas and Dad were up in the air, and Mum had been once before so she didn't need to go. During liftoff at exactly 7:05 AM, I watched the ground slowly get smaller below me. It is a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience. Then we were up in the air! Canowindra looked much bigger from abo...
