Up Up & Away

(This happened November 22, 2011) 

What a fun, relaxing evening with our friends in a HOT AIR BALLOON. We ALL surprised our husbands this year with a ride for their birthdays. The 1st flight was rescheduled due to visibility. It is quite the process to go these flights! The main office calls you a few hours before launch to let you know if it is a go. If it is, then they give you the location of pick up. We were told to meet at Del Mar Heights road Vons/Starbucks parking lots. We met up with the crew. They loaded us up into vans & off we went to the launch sight. Once at the launch site, it is still not a given that you will fly. The pilot has to set off dozens of helium filled balloons & watch how fast it takes off & the flight pattern. Everything depends on the wind....it is our fuel, so to speak. Luckily, the balloons looked good, so we watched them fill up the HUGE balloon, then we were told to QUICKLY jump in the basket. It was a beautiful flight over Rancho Santa Fe. We had nice dinner after with the Houk's, the McEwan's had to get back home :( We can now check this off our bucket list...if we had one!

Win, DaNae, Scott, Kim, Tracy & Mark