February 28th, 2016. Alabama.

Another contrasting flight today as the trees are back! Fairly wooded area but still enough open farmland to afford a quick landing If needed. The forecast winds were light on the ground but increasing quickly and thats exactly what we had. Taking off from a site of the northern side of the river with help from local balloonists Ken Garner and Marc Stewart we had light winds through the first hundred feet but then above the inversion we turned East and sped up to 57kph by 500 feet agl. Much quicker than forecast but a great way to see more of Alabama! Carefully back through the sheer and a landing a a home built in 1824! State 23 and onwards East for a slim chance of getting Georgia this evening....