Twin Falls Hot Air Balloon Delivery

Monday Jan 30 in lodi. cold. about to storm.

[paraphrase]
Me: man, there is nobody to jump with. its hard to find people as agro as me...
Jimmy H: Yeah, there is only one person more agro than you. and he lives in twin falls. wait, maybe you should call him..

i call Miles D

Miles D: dude, I have a hot air baloon in Truckee, any way you could deliver it?
Me: i am getting in my car right now. cya

4 hours later i have told two chain control people: of course this car is all wheel drive. which bmw coupe is not?

i get a call from Mike V (owner of balloon): so, what kinda car you have? is it big?
me: 2 door hatchback... but it is the cargo van of 2 door hatchbacks.

somehow we get a hot air balloon, two propane tanks, one rig, two snowboards and lots of randon stuff in my car.

me: hey miles, i am driving to twin falls!
miles: nice, bro! you got the bungee cords, right?
me: uhhhhh (turning my car around and driving back to truckee): yeah, i was just about to pick those up.

tal: do you think we can fit all these bungee cords...
me: oh yeah. its not like i HAVE to be able shift

i drive 8 hours through snow,snain, ice. show up in twin falls at 8am.

miles: no way. i can't believe all this fit in your car. wait a minute... these propane tanks are half full. sketch! you were driving a car bomb.

me: yeah, but all that extra weight turned this car into a subaru. it was solid.



The cargo van of 2 door hatchbacks.


Pink... Mike didn't say anything about pink!" - Miles D

The next few days yielded some great weather as well as some more interesting conditions:


I think the bridge is over there somewhere...


I don't know why people don't come to Twin Falls in the winter.

Check out a little movie of the jump:

www.chrismcnamara.com/miles_fog2.mov