I'm Still Kicking

I see where Big Foot checked in on me so I thought I ought to get off my butt and post something for a change. I've been real busy the last month or so and have been to tired to post anything. I don't know how much longer my ole body will hold up to this Ballooning Business. I think the second heart attack I had wore my body down so much that I'm about 45% of what I used to be. I was having a heart attack at least once a day for 3 weeks before anything was done about it and it took its toll on me, I have not been the same since then. My body just can't take anymore than a half of a days work and then I'm beat I just sit in the chair the rest of the day with no energy to do anything so the only ballooning I do now is mornings, after around high noon I'm done for the day and it gets really aggravating. My body has told me it ain't taking no more, my knees are ready to be replaced, I'll get that done when I can't walk no more I guess, my ole back is telling me not to forget about it and now I have this damn pain in my heal like a stone bruise, I think its time for a full body transplant.
OK enough of my feeling sorry for myself.

Went out this morning and did a tether with the balloon. In this picture you can see a blast of raw propane coming out before igniting. We put nitrogen in the propane tanks when it gets below freezing  to boost the pressure in the tanks. It was above freezing this morning so we had a little extra pressure. Each burner puts out 16 million BTU's of heat and we have 2 burners on this system.

Happy Holidays everyone and stay safe through these holidays.

Evolution . . . . . homo-stupidea