This photo was taken by Jennifer Soliz of The Desert Sun Newspaper. "The Patriot hot air balloon from Gardnerville, Nevada inflated as the sun set on January 7, 2006 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino during the Ford Trucks Red, White, and Blue Polo and Balloon Festival. High winds prevented the balloons from taking flight." If you LOOK CLOSELY! - that's Greg in his red Budweiser jacket (and khaki shorts, naturally!), helping to hold down the basket. Rose is right behind him, so not visible in this photo, which was published on Monday in the Desert Sun Newspaper.
The web's original travel blog
%20by%20TravelPod%20member%20Pykesonthego,%20from%20Indio,%20United%20States%20...%20This%20photo%20was%20taken%20by%20Jennifer%20Soliz%20of%20The%20Desert%20Sun%20Newspaper.%0D%0A%22The%20Patriot%20hot%20air%20balloon%20from%20Gardnerville%2C%20Nevada%20inflated%20as%20the%20sun%20set%20on%20January%207%2C%202006%20at%20Fantasy%20Springs%20Resort%20Casino%20during%20the%20Ford%20Trucks%20Red%2C%20White%2C%20and%20Blue%20Polo%20and%20Balloon%20Festival.%20High%20winds%20prevented%20the%20balloons%20from%20taking%20flight.%22%0D%0AIf%20you%20LOOK%20CLOSELY!%20-%20that's%20Greg%20in%20his%20red%20Budweiser%20jacket%20(and%20khaki%20shorts%2C%20naturally!)%2C%20helping%20to%20hold%20down%20the%20basket.%20%20Rose%20is%20right%20behind%20him%2C%20so%20not%20visible%20in%20this%20photo%2C%20which%20was%20published%20on%20Monday%20in%20the%20Desert%20Sun%20Newspaper.){kind=link}