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A teardrop in the sky: How ballooning traveled 700 miles and 4 generations
Ballooning isn’t a hobby for late risers, apparently. At 5 a.m. sharp, nine hot air balloon pilots gathered at Mike Sedar Park to take flight. Among them was a family of three from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stacy Eldridge was the pilot of the day, though …