http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog Activities of the Forest Winds, Inc. Hot Air Balloon Team Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marj received a Forest Winds gift certificate from her son last Christmas since she had always wanted to take a ride in a hot air balloon. In fact, a hot air balloon ride was on her bucket list. But Marj didn't want to take the ride alone, so she invited ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=635 Last month, Lynn received a special gift certificate from her husband to take a hot air balloon ride for her birthday. Afterall, what could be better than to see the area you live in than to see it from way up high?! Lynn's husband contacted Forest Winds and initially ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=627 Mary received a special gift certificate to take a hot air balloon ride last year for her birthday, and this weekend seemed like a good time to find a way to beat the long hot days of summer by flying across the skies of Central Virginia during the cooler hours ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=620 Pat had always wanted to take a hot air balloon ride since she was little. In fact, that wish eventually became the #1 thing to do on her bucket list. With the passing of Pat's birthday this past April, her children wanted to make her dream come true. So they ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=613 Summer began on June 21st, and since then, Mother Nature has continued to plague the weekends with less-than-desirable weather to fly a balloon. But not this morning! Although a stationary front was sitting over Central Virginia and threatening to ground Forest Winds for another day due to mist, as luck ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=605 Many months ago, Jason (living overseas in India) contacted Forest Winds by e-mail and asked that we reserve the weekend of April 17th for a special flight that he wanted to take his girlfriend, Jyothi (a graduate student at Liberty University), on. This would in no way be a typical ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=586 On Sunday, April 11th, 2010, Linda met with the Forest Winds balloon crew to take a little magic carpet ride in the very blue skies over Bedford County. She had received a gift certificate several months prior, but decided to wait until spring when the weather would be most favorable. ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=584 On Saturday, April 3rd, 2010, Christopher (a school teacher at Gretna High School) and his fiance, Kirby (a youth director for the Salvation Army), took a ride with Forest Winds across the skies of Bedford County, Virginia. Christopher had called Forest Winds much earlier over the winter, but as Old ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=568 This winter proved to be a real challenge for flying, but on the first day of spring, Forest Winds once again returned to the skies over Bedford County. Today however we didn't carry any passengers because Ken (pilot) needed to re-establish his pilot proficiency. At 7:40 a.m., the burners were test ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=567 There's no place like home.... That was the theme for the Bedford Chamber of Commerce Afterhours event held this past Thursday at Bentley Commons at Lynchburg. The Little Dinner Theater Players really livened things up a bit as they brought the cast of the Wizard of Oz up close to the ... http://www.forestwindsinc.com/blog/?p=559