ARKY Hot Air Balloon Youth T-Shirt

This was my favorite special shapes balloon at our Great Texas Balloon Races held annually in Longview, Texas. The name of this hot air balloon is ARKY , with a Noah's ark theme. It is so colorful with the massive ark and bright, colorful animals. It is a special delight for children!
The Great Texas Balloon Race is a world class event attracting the very best competitive pilots from across the United States and the world. The Great Texas Balloon Race is a Balloon Federation of America event and will host the BFA's United States National Championship competition for 2012-2014. For these three years, the national competition will bring an addition three days of competition flights to the East Texas area.

Considered by many of the pilots that compete at the Great Texas Balloon Race to be the best run event on the circuit, the Great Texas Balloon Race earned Longview the official designation as "The Balloon Capital of Texas" by the Governor of Texas in 1985.

I have always loved to take pictures. My first job, at age 16, was receptionist for our local newspaper, but the owners soon included me in taking photos, darkroom and writing articles. Years later, a terrible event in my personal life brought back a love of taking photos that I had not been pursuing to any great extent. My only child passed away at the age of 22. He was such a wonderful guy and I feel blessed that God chose me to be his mom. Reeling from his death, I sought some sort of diversion, needing to get my mind focused on anything besides my great loss. After a bad fall that resulted in surgery, I was recuperating at home and stir crazy. My husband took me out for drives in the country. We bought a new digital camera...