I saw this on the news this morning and a huge smile broke out on my ugly mug. This guy is right, every kid has considered the possibility. Seems this guy did his homework, learned from past errors, but most of all he never gave up on his dream. Read on, Dear Reader, read on…
BEND, Ore. �?? Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks �?? and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons.
Destination: Idaho.
With instruments to measure his altitude and speed, a global positioning system device in his pocket, and about four plastic bags holding five gallons of water each to act as ballast �?? he could turn a spigot, release water and rise �?? Couch headed into the Oregon sky.
Nearly nine hours later, the 47-year-old gas station owner came back to earth in a farmer’s field near Union, short of Idaho but about 193 miles from home.
“When you’re a little kid and you’re holding a helium balloon, it has to cross your mind,” Couch told the Bend Bulletin.
He was followed on the ground by family and friends and in the air by another pal in a light aircraft. Go here for the entire story and a photos of our hero, Kent Couch, in mid-flight.
What a damned hoot! 
Sadly, there are not enough balloons in the contiguous United States to get The Bull’s carcass off the ground, much less to the next state! I’m just thankful there are Freedom loving Heroes like this fine American adventurer wiling to take the risk. Their courage sets all of us free.
Bull, out.
