There's an area NE of Seattle in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness that I've done a lot of hiking in. That puts it downwind. Every time I've been there, without fail,

There's an area NE of Seattle in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness that I've done a lot of hiking in. That puts it downwind. Every time I've been there, without fail, I've found multiple balloons. Sad to think of all that plastic pollution in an area with pristine rivers, lakes, and glaciers - and all for just the inane reason that people like floaty round things.