I would love to go, DH not interested. Sigh, I guess I will go alone one of these days.

For my 27th birthday (many years ago) my boyfriend at the time surprised with a hot air balloon ride. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I had always wanted to do that ever since I was a little girl and would love to do it again.

just did it last year in new mexico at the balloon festival....one of the best things to do. very smooth ride also like to parasail

when I was about 75 my hubby and some of his friends gave each of us gals a card with the date of our baloon ride. It was amazing, and I loved every minute, even the landing. we saw deer, red fox, many other animals, and the quietness was so peacefull, I'd do oit agin , but cost keeps us from it now.......jacie

OMG yes! Did one about 16 years ago with my late hubby (who was in a wheelchair) over the Napa Valley in CA. There are no words to describe the trip - except to say it was the most wonderful feeling I have ever experienced. We landed in a school yards and the kids came running ... lol. Then we had a champagne lunch. I highly recommend it to everyone! Just be patient because you may tentatively book a day but it can be cancelled and rescheduled due to wind/weather.

Any time you place that many balloons...or ANYTHING... together in such limited space, there's bound to be some incident. The capability to control speed and direction of a balloon is almost non-existent. Anyone who has a licence to fly a balloon, even if the ink on it isn't even dry yet, can fly at Albuquerque. Tooooo many people having too good a time for too many days with very little sleep... the Festival is absolutely awesome! But stick with smaller balloon rallys for safety. When I was the director of the rally in my area, pilots were required to have 100 hours of incident-free balloon flight before being invited.

I have been on 2 balloon rides. They are wonderful. My husband is a skydiver and of course he jumped out both times. Needless to say I came down with the balloon. Brace yourself for the landing...wasn't expecting that the first time.

Izzy, I could not stop laughing when I read your post, sorry, I could not contain myself. Glad noone was hurt.

It's on my to do list....sure hope it happens.

Kat

Yes - it was wonderful and I don't like carnival rides. Nothing scary and when you are up there and the burners are not lit it is so totally peaceful and serene. I'd go again in a heartbeat!