My father turned 80 last summer and has always wanted to take a balloon ride. The weather cooperated this summer and Kathy, Elena, Julie and Mike joined Opa for an hour-long ride at dusk.

It's always a roll of the dice where you land, but this time it was on a hay field belonging to Vera and Dean W., from whom we buy produce at the Goshen Farmer's market.

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