Staff photo/Scott Mitchell Johnson
STEPHANIE WINSLOW of Mapleton, partially hidden by a tree branch, reaches for an apple during a Saturday morning flight in Kenny Shumate’s hot air balloon, Easy Riser, inset. Shumate, right, traveled from Orlando, Fla. to attend the sixth annual Crown of Maine Balloon Fest. Shumate has been by flying hot air balloons for over 23 years and has logged over 1,500 hours in the air.
Steadying Winslow is Prudy Dobson of Washburn, as her husband, Steve, looks on. Winslow said she couldn’t wait to tell her friends at school that she “picked an apple from a hot air balloon.” A story and more photos from this year’s festival will appear in a future issue of The Star-Herald.
