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| Looking back at our launch site |
From Los Andes we took a flight to Valdivia, where we will stay for the whole week. The planning here is either non-existent or loose, and to enjoy the adventure we have to adjust to going with the flow.
We arrived at the airport without our tickets and not sure about whether our luggage was going on the plane or with the balloons. Alfredo and Rodrigo managed to get it all arranged & we arrived at our hotel and headed out to Rio Bueno (good river).
I was anxious to get my first free-flight in Chile and David deferred to being my crew chief. It is no small task to find out who is our crew and what truck will be chasing us, so we delay our afternoon flight until we got it figured out.
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| Wide open country |
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We finally launched close to 8:00 PM with our eager but novice crew in pursuit. The landscape is beautiful, with trees and crops - wide open for landings if you can avoid the mass of power lines & trees. We had a 30 min flight at 18 MPH & skidded into an alfalfa field to the amazement of the landowner.
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| Good River (Rio Bueno) |
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| Landowner relations in Rio Bueno |
Our awesome crew was there within two minutes, unlike some others whose chase crews that didn't show up at all.
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