Four pictures today (click the “Anticipation”, “Anticipation 2″, “Anticipation 3″ and “The Catch” links to switch from one to the next).
As much fun as launching our hot air balloons was (and it was a blast), catching them was the real attraction; the scouts scrambled after them and tried to stand under their uncertain downward trajectories as the hot air slowly cooled. That the balloons survived for more than one launch each is a little bit of a surprise–Cub Scouts aren’t exactly gentle with descending balloons…
Now see these:
- Fight for Freedom: 1943 from Shorpy
- central park stretch from the narrative
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