Our trip was wonderful, very cold in the morning, but warming up the whole time. Conditions were perfect, we flew nearly 7 miles, almost twice as far as usual for a one hour flight. Our excellent pilot answered all our questions about ballooning and kept us entertained the whole time. He expertly set the balloon down in a field, exactly where he pointed to about 20 minutes before landing, even "flaring out" with a blast on the burner just before touchdown, to make it a nice and soft landing. He took a lot of pics with a GoPro camera hanging outside the balloon, which was a very good idea, so you can pull out the best ones. At the end of the flight, we walked a quarter mile down the hill to get in vans that were waiting for us, but they let my dad ride in one of their trucks, which was thoughtful, since he is almost 90. Then it was a short ride back to the winery, for an excellent buffet breakfast with champagne. A truly memorable experience, all the way. It was very well organized, they had 88 people flying that day, but there was no waiting around, just get in the balloon and go! We felt we received excellent value for our money, and would do it again, in a heartbeat! Some of my best pics ever!
Breakfast was the finest touch on an already wonderful morning!