Sky-riding, stories in stone, chile red and green While other kids blew up balloons, Brooke Owen rode beneath them. His mother’s hobby led to family trips around the world.

Now the Rainbow Ryders pilot fills his wicker gondola with 12 landlubbers yearning to float on air. Just past dawn, he alternately fires a propane burner and releases heat through the multi-colored balloon’s vents to buoy us to 1,000 feet.

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