Hot Air Baloon Trip - Toyota Yaris Forums

nsmitchell · 05-29-2007, 08:42 AM

My wife suprised me with a Hot Air Baloon trip for my birthday Sunday. It was the most fun I've ever had while being petrified with fear!

Has anyone else done this? I'll post some pics soon...

eTiMaGo · 05-29-2007, 08:50 AM

That's a dream of mine

Soaring through the skies silently at the whim of the wind...

Most fun I've had while petrified with fear was bungee jumping

nsmitchell · 05-29-2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

Most fun I've had while petrified with fear was bungee jumping

That is another activity that would scare the livin' crap outta me! That and skydiving.

eTiMaGo · 05-29-2007, 11:20 AM

skydiving is another thing I wanna try... Went hangliding once too, that was awesome!

blacksan · 05-29-2007, 01:15 PM

They fly balloons very near my home a few times each year and I think the thing that strikes me the most is silence. They are so serene from the ground. I assume that other then the burner it must be a peaceful ride?

nsmitchell · 05-29-2007, 01:30 PM

We took off from behind a Golden Corral, in front of a Pepsi Plant in Charlottesville, VA. We landed in some lady's field who once owned the Boar's Head Inn.

blacksan · 05-29-2007, 01:35 PM

Ha, ha I live right across the mountain. If you would have crossed the BRP you would have been looking down on my roof. Did y'all eat at the Boar's Head after the ride?

nsmitchell · 05-29-2007, 02:00 PM

Nope, but I did have a 7&7 just before to trip to take the edge off. Heavy on the Seagrams! We ate back in Richmond. We forgot that it was 11:00PM on a Sunday night and everything was closed or closing! We ate at Sheets! Just before midnight on my birthday... Sheets... We had Philly cheesesteaks and they were excellent.

blacksan · 05-29-2007, 02:06 PM

Hey man, Sheetz is the place for food! Well, at least that is what the billboard down the road says.

05-29-2007, 08:42 AM	#1
nsmitchell View User's Garage Drives: LB-Auto-PWR-ABS-Cruise-Springs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,065	Hot Air Baloon Trip My wife suprised me with a Hot Air Baloon trip for my birthday Sunday. It was the most fun I've ever had while being petrified with fear! Has anyone else done this? I'll post some pics soon... __________________ Other car is a 2005 Mustang Convertible 4.0L V6 Manual - Legend Lime Get YarAss in gear! RIP - Casey Tatum

05-29-2007, 08:50 AM	#2
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	That's a dream of mine Soaring through the skies silently at the whim of the wind... Most fun I've had while petrified with fear was bungee jumping __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

05-29-2007, 11:20 AM	#4
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	skydiving is another thing I wanna try... Went hangliding once too, that was awesome! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

05-29-2007, 02:00 PM	#8
nsmitchell View User's Garage Drives: LB-Auto-PWR-ABS-Cruise-Springs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,065	Nope, but I did have a 7&7 just before to trip to take the edge off. Heavy on the Seagrams! We ate back in Richmond. We forgot that it was 11:00PM on a Sunday night and everything was closed or closing! We ate at Sheets! Just before midnight on my birthday... Sheets... We had Philly cheesesteaks and they were excellent. __________________ Other car is a 2005 Mustang Convertible 4.0L V6 Manual - Legend Lime Get YarAss in gear! RIP - Casey Tatum

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05-29-2007, 01:15 PM	#5
blacksan Drives: 07 Bayou Blue Liftback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,121	They fly balloons very near my home a few times each year and I think the thing that strikes me the most is silence. They are so serene from the ground. I assume that other then the burner it must be a peaceful ride?

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blacksan Drives: 07 Bayou Blue Liftback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,121	Ha, ha I live right across the mountain. If you would have crossed the BRP you would have been looking down on my roof. Did y'all eat at the Boar's Head after the ride?

05-29-2007, 02:06 PM	#9
blacksan Drives: 07 Bayou Blue Liftback Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,121	Hey man, Sheetz is the place for food! Well, at least that is what the billboard down the road says.