I was surprised by this news. I asked if it had been registered publicly yet and told him of Zack84 Burton’s service to list public-use airports at the SL Airport Map Info Center. He was unaware of the service, so I passed him a display kiosk map that delivered all the information for him and fu-
ture users. He thought that was pretty cool and thanked me. I felt really happy to know I could help and be informative. Some of what I find is actually useful! While I was there, I asked him if he had ever seen the giant tree a couple of sims over. He wasn’t
familar with that either, so I flew him over to it, reminding him to adjust his viewing distance so he could see it far enough away in the distance and get it all in sight at once. When he did, he was astounded by the sight. “Wow,” he said. Two gold stars for me today, I thought with a smile.
We had to part ways from there, but I hope he took time to look around his neighbourhood more the next time he took off from his airport. There was plenty to see, and I knew there was certainly going to be plenty more for me to discover soon too. Firing up the balloon in Wainscot, I took off and flew over Heterocera’s eastern ocean in Haworth, took pictures of a second balloon in Snout, dropped down to talk with a resident camping at the Little River property in Rivulet and continued flying westward until a giant rainbow caught my eye arching over a small township and community park in Ear. This rainbow was even bigger and better than the one I saw at Smithers Bluff and Berthould Pass in Sansara. This one in Earwas all one perfectly blended rainbow and was—it is safe to say—a mega-rainbow that looked to arched the full length of a sim. “Now THAT’S what I’m talking about,” I cheered aloud, pumping a fist in the air. “That is a rainbow!” Left: Dahlia spots an incredibly large and well-defined rainbow arching over the village community of Ear in northern Heterocera. Following spread: Two more shots of the balloon as it approaches and flies up toward the top of the rainbow.
The Great Balloon Adventure ~ Heterocera
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