Comments on: VIDEO: When Pigs Fly

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:42:17 +0000

Dan, thanks for the update! The Wifi in Motion video is rendering at this moment, so it’ll probably be posted here in the next day or so.

I’m going to write a detailed article about our experiences with the kit.

Overall, we’ve been really pleased with it. In fact, there’s not much bad to say about it. The only “weakness” per se is connection speed in non-3G areas. If you are in a non-3G area, the connections speeds can get a little sluggish. But that’s not really the fault of the kit, but rather the service provider. When you’re in a 3G area, the connection speed is excellent. And any way you slice it, it’s really nice to have a reliable Internet connection even when you are boondocking.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:22:35 +0000

sean, we just came back from the pomona rv show. we talked to the guys at the wifi in motion booth and they were playing your video at their booth. looking forward to see it on the site. also interesting in seeing how well it works in the real world.

By: Sean Michael

Sean Michael — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:49:10 +0000

Matt, someday we will find a more reasonably priced balloon ride, film the whole experience, and seamlessly edit it into the Albuquerque piece. No one will ever know! Shhhhhhh

Laura, New Mexico is a great RVing destination. Interesting local culture, beautiful scenery, dry climate, excellent food… it’s a good place to hang out for a while!

Kim, you can shoot me an email at seanmichael@aol.com. Thanks!

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:12:26 +0000

I would love to give recommendations. What is the email address?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:01:28 +0000

Yea Sean, I need to go out there one day with the Airstream! I know all about flying time for ballons, when I was in flight school, they had ballon pilots, man, talk about bad hours!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:36:45 +0000

WOW man their proud of there of that. Holy smokes you could fly from home the the balloon festival cheaper on a plane!I will admit it is way cool. we went up on Valentines day in Colorado. You could hear the cattle stomping thru the snow and the cars on interstate 70. The booze at the end was nice too all before 10:00. Man do they know how to party!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:19:56 +0000

Laura, since you have family in NM, you should definitely make plans to attend someday. It’s a really unique event, in that most of the activity takes place EARLY in the morning (the mass ascension, etc.), and late in the day (Balloon Glow, music performances, fireworks). During the middle of the day you get to take a siesta.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:59:05 +0000

That looks like it was a blast! I need to go out there one day, I have family in in Las Cruces, NM. Im glad you guys took so much video! It looks great!

By: Sean Michael

Sean Michael — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:59:24 +0000

Kim, we love Louisiana, and have visited New Orleans many times — although never with our Airstream in tow! But unfortunately, we won’t make it there on this trip. We go on and off the road as this “long, long honeymoon” unfolds, and are due for a break. We’ve been road tripping for over two months this time out. Thanks for the offer, though, and feel free to post or email any ideas for future reference!

Matt, we were interested in taking a balloon ride — until we discovered the price. Last I heard, the going rate was $395 per person. It might be cheaper to just buy your own hot air balloon and give flying it a shot. I’m sure it’s a great experience, but we will save it for next time. That’s cool that you went up in one on your honeymoon!

Jim, you raise a good point with regard to the weather. The balloons are of course very susceptible to wind and rain. We caught the first mass ascension event on Saturday morning, and the weather was not yet a factor. But that evening’s events were rained out. Sunday morning’s mass ascension was also rained out. But we saw the Balloon Glow on Sunday evening. Monday morning’s mass ascension was delayed a couple of hours, but that worked out fine for me — we slept late and watched everything unfold from the RV park.

TIP: if you bring an RV to the Fiesta, try to get parking on an asphalt or gravel area. There was so much rain Saturday night that many RVs had trouble leaving their campsites on Sunday morning! Some of the campsites are loose earth, and after the rain they had become mud bowls. I saw a couple of Class A motorhomes and a 5th wheel being towed out of their muddy sites. ($$$ cha-ching!) We didn’t have any issues because we had a good asphalt / gravel parking area.

Overall I definitely recommend the Balloon Fiesta. We had a blast.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:42:40 +0000

My wife and I are talking about going to this event next year it just looks amazing!How did you fair in the rain he first day?Thanks for sharing your adventures this is my first comment as I just found you guys.