So, I have always wanted to do a hot air balloon ride and finally did! Apparently this balloon is the biggest in North America...maybe the world (my memory is pretty sketchy here), so it took a while to inflate. But after all the hard work is done we got it and lift off! We weren't in the air for as long as I would like or as long as other companies with smaller balloons. Which was a deal breaker for me. But the company and history lesson made up for that.
We had a crash landing which sounds scarier than it actually was...our pilot was very knowledgeable and explained that the wind played a huge factor in the landing plus plenty of information on plan b landing.
Afterwards we had breakfast, took lots of pictures, did a toast, got a certificate and saw beautiful souvenirs.