| When we got to the field in the pre-dawn light there was
already lots going on.
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| Unloading Bill's trailer
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| We were in the second wave so we waited around while
the first wave inflated.
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| Bald eagle checks out the rest of the first wave
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| Our next door neighbor fills his balloon.
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| Even a *huge* field can seem a little crowded.
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| Hanging on to the crown line while the balloon inflates.
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| Early birds in the first wave take off.
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| Tim Whitney helps hold our neighbor's balloon down ...
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| ... while he tightens it up.
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| The first wave takes off in the dark and meet the sunrise
at a few hundred feet AGL.
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| Bill Jewitt is definitely having fun now.
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| Now it's time to spread out Bill's balloon.
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| Jeff zones out on the sensory overload.
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| More of the first wave get ready to go ...
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| ... and more and more.
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| The last of the first wave take off just at sunrise.
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