On the wings of winds
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Bob Carlton, owner of Balloons & Beyond, pilots a Lake Wales couple on a birthday flight over the Green Swamp. The balloon is approximately 70 feet tall and 60 feet wide.
PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY
Lake Wales residents Judy and Jim Devlin celebrate Jim's birthday with their first hot air balloon flight over Green Swamp.
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Bob Carlton, owner of Balloons & Beyond, pilots a Lake Wales couple on a birthday flight over the Green Swamp. The balloon is approximately 70 feet tall and 60 feet wide.
PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY
Balloons and Beyond owner/pilot Bob Carlton takes Lake Wales residents Judy and Jim Devlin inside his hot air balloon before their dawn flight.
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Bob Carlton, owner of Balloons & Beyond, pilots a Lake Wales couple on a birthday flight over the Green Swamp. The balloon is approximately 70 feet tall and 60 feet wide.
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Bob Carlton, owner of Balloons & Beyond, pilots a Lake Wales couple on a birthday flight over the Green Swamp. The balloon is approximately 70 feet tall and 60 feet wide.
PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY
Balloons and Beyond owner/pilot Bob Carlton takes Lake Wales residents Judy and Jim Devlin inside his hot air ballon before their dawn flight.
A propane burner shoots flames into Bob Carlton's balloon to create hot air for the birthday flight of a Lake Wales couple.
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Visit www.facebook/visitcentralflorida and "like" the Lake Wales Art Show to enter to win a Balloons & Beyond hot air balloon flight for two and an overnight stay and breakfast at Chalet Suzanne.
By CASSIE JACOBY
cjacoby@heartlandnewspapers.com
The birthday gift Judy Devlin gave her husband Jim was full of hot air. The Lake Wales couple celebrated his special day with a breathtaking flight aboard a hot air balloon piloted by Bob Carlton, owner of Balloons & Beyond.
“It was on our bucket list of life,” the Devlin’s said. “We had always wanted to do it, but this was better than anything we imagined. We can’t wait to do it again.”
