We finally rendezvoused with our balloon , which [*T*-94] had come [*-1] to rest on a dirt road amid a clutch of Epinalers who [*T*-95] watched us disassemble our craft -- another half-an-hour of non-flight activity -- that [*T*-96] included the precision routine of [*] yanking the balloon to the ground , punching all the air out of it , rolling it up and cramming it and the basket into the trailer .
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