Saturday, July 25, 2009

Hot Air Ballooning!

This was one of the coolest things we have ever done!!! 

this was at 3:30 am... too early... but still very excited!

They picked us up at 4:05 am and took us out to this field

They loaded us up in the dark... it was very cold

we took off right at sunrise

there were two other balloons also

the view was spectacular







we were floating above the Atherton Tablelands

this is the view of the inside of our balloon

we rode in the biggest balloon in Australia 

our pilot was from South Africa, his name was Sam



one of the balloons about to land

the view after we landed...

the sun rising over the apricot trees

i tried to catch the sun

the balloons taking off again

it was so much fun!!! We loved every minute of it!

Afterwards they took us to a hot breakfast with a champagne toast at a bush camp! When they dropped us off at our hotel it was only 10:30... so we went back to bed. 

4 comments:

Kathy Smith said...

Looks beautiful Kelly! How many people can ride in one balloon?

Kathy Smith said...

Hey - I'm up early enough to catch that ride --- if only I was there.

Kelly Smith said...

20 people road in out balloon. Everyone took in the view and kept to themselves... it was so peaceful!

You Are My Fave said...

Oh, this is my dream. Good pics.