They would rise to an altitude of about 2000 feet max unless the air got turbulent and then they would adjust up or down accordingly. She explained th...t the view was better at lower altitudes where you could make out all of the detail from above that you would normally see from the ground, so she would make sure they had a full experience for the roughly 60-90 minutes in the air. She then called her spotter and coordinated their plan. By then, the balloon was ready. Before they climbed into the. Seth smiled before he suddenly took on a strange look."Marie did something happen with Alana? I walked her to the castle gates she tried her level best to suck my tongue out of my, uh," Seth blushed bright crimson as he continued "uhhm, mouth before she left. I was just wondering," said Seth.But even though he was blushing as he spoke with Marie about this she was just smiling."Nothing but girl talk. She said she had to leave and I wished her good luck in her future endeavors. That's all," said. It didn’t work.Finally they gave up and went through the report and asked general questions related to the meat of the investigation. By lunch time they had run out of questions related to the planned Harrisburg terror attack. Then they started asking just general questions about where we stood on stopping terrorism.For lunch we were asked to join a group of Senators in the congressional cafeteria. Lunch there was a five course meal on the government’s meal card. A nap would have been more. I have it covered.” I let out a deep sigh when I heard the front door shut followed by the roar of Rick’s laugh. “You can come out my closet coquette,” he called. We keeled over laughing until I realized that my car was parked in the driveway. Our faces fell for a moment and then we started laughing again. “So much for defending your honor,” he said as he scooped me up, threw me over his shoulder, and carried me out and into the tub. “It could have been worse,” he said as he placed me on his.