Over Labor Day weekend, the skies will be illuminated with color as Callaway Resort and Gardens celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Balloon Festival.
After making the transition from Air Force and commercial airplane pilot to hot air balloon pilot, ballooning has become a family affair for Dan Stukas. On a gray-skied Friday morning in September, Stukas and his crew, made up of family and other balloonists considered family, gathered in a field across from Robin Lake Beach at Callaway Resort and Gardens.