Special balloon rides for veterans, families set for Sunday in Sequim

By Sequim Gazette Staff • November 6, 2019 1:30 am
Tom McKeown, 95, of Port Angeles, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, takes a tethered balloon ride with Capt. Crystal Stout, executive director of Dream Catcher Balloon, at Sequim Valley Airport in 2018. File photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Tom McKeown, 95, of Port Angeles, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, takes a tethered balloon ride with Capt. Crystal Stout, executive director of Dream Catcher Balloon, at Sequim Valley Airport in 2018. File photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Captain-Crystal Stout and Dream Catcher Balloons is offering a “bucket list” ride for veterans on their special day.

Stout, pilot of the Dream Catcher hot air balloon, will take veterans on a hot air balloon adventure from 10 a.m.-noon on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Avamere Olympic Rehabilitation of Sequim, 1000 S. Fifth Ave. (weather-dependent).

The balloon specially built with a five-point harness to help give free rides on a line of up to 25 feet to veterans, their family and friends. The public is invited for rides as well for a $15 donation.

For more information, contact Stout at 360-601-2433 or www.DreamCatcherBalloon.org. ee more about the Dream Catcher program at www.facebook.com/DreamCatcherBalloon.