A senior retirement community in Bixby is proving adventure has no age limit during National Assisted Living Week. The annual event celebrates residents and their dedicated caregivers nationwide. This year's theme is Ageless Adventure.

"Aging is just part of life's process," said Life Enrichment Coordinator Jeanette Preston. "Regardless of their age, we are going to give them the best quality of life possible."

The facility invited Auspicious Balloon Flights, a hot air balloon company in Bixby that operates one of the few wheelchair-accessible baskets in the country. Its pilot, Martin Philpott, gave caregivers and residents a ride on a tethered hot air balloon.

As they floated up 36 feet in the air, Treva Gray, a resident of 7 years, felt "scared to death," but at the top, her fear turn

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