I recently had the opportunity of a lifetime -- drive two hours to Mountain View, California and travel 40 miles per hour above the San Francisco Bay Area in a balloon filled with helium. The world's largest zeppelin calls Moffett Field home, kept in a large hanger at a now-defunct Air Force Base overtaken by NASA employees.

Our flight a few weeks ago was set for 10:00AM that morning. Our reporter, photographer and myself would fly about an hour over luxury homes, large public schools and Stanford University. We rode with two other passengers -- a man from near Tempe, Arizona and his father from Beverly Hills. The man was an alumnist of Stanford; the father had provided for the man's education years ago, and the ride on the dirigible was the man's way of giving back to his father after years of receiving his love.

Hearing stories this man and his father had to share made the experience all the more enjoyable and memorable. I started thinking about that ride above earth tonight when I found photos, like the one above and the ones here, on my computer.

In the fast, ever-changing environment of television news, so much happens and so much is experienced that moments like the one on November 18th are often lost in the shuffle of what experiences are to be had in the future and the moment of "now." This is why celebrities, television journalists and politicians write books -- only part of it is because they have a story to tell.

The other part is because they have memories they enjoy reliving in their minds.