Happy Birthday!

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Don Nelsen
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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Don Nelsen » February 14th, 2022, 10:19 am

A great day in the woods Arlo! Even better when we leave it better than we found it.

Congrats for a 12-balloon day! That beats my record of 11 in a day.

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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Don Nelsen » February 18th, 2022, 9:56 am

This is turning out to be my best year ever for finding party balloons: Off-trail near the site of Palmer Mill:
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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by texasbb » February 21st, 2022, 10:05 am

On the family property where I grew up, in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas:



Along the bank of Hickory Creek:



Between the Hickory Creek Savannah Unit and the Turkey Creek Unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve.

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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Chip Down » March 5th, 2022, 6:18 pm

After several balloonless weeks, I'm back in the game!
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Huge! Roughly a couple feet across, with a music player.
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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Chip Down » March 12th, 2022, 8:37 pm

more ribbon than balloon
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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by adamschneider » March 16th, 2022, 10:16 pm

In a gully halfway up a very steep slope, 900' above the Deschutes River in the BLM Criterion Tract.

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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Chip Down » March 27th, 2022, 6:34 pm

Spotted a bit of ribbon. Followed it. Balloon was decomposed.
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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Chip Down » April 2nd, 2022, 6:44 pm

Got back to my car early...my random exploring yielded one real find and one bogus find.
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Stupid chip bag fooled me.

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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Chip Down » May 12th, 2022, 7:20 pm

obligatory text
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Re: Happy Birthday!

Post by Chip Down » May 23rd, 2022, 5:10 am

Here's a balloon with an integrated electric inflator.
Thing was huge! I mean, a guy could literally sleep on it.
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