Comments for Hot Air Balloon Rides Sacramento California

Comment on The First Flight of the New Website! by Nola Brech

Nola Brech — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:14:05 +0000

My kids took me on this wonderful and VERY EXCITING adventure flight for my birthday. I felt so wonderful knowing that the pilot had such great experience and knowledge. It was one experience that I will never forget. We did not land quite where planned and that was even more exciting and fun. I would recommend this flight to anyone and you will get the sights and thrills of a life time. Thank you for such a wonderful time.

Comment on Read about our recent flights! by Tim

Tim — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:54 +0000

Howdy folks. We have been very busy and flying nearly every day for weeks now and seem to have neglected keeping with with our online log. Well, We are back!

Yesterdays flight was a proposal and the total flight time was just over an hour with a landing in between lots of trees right on a beach. What a great way ending for the day. These are the kinds of flights we enjoy the most. Hot air ballooning does not get any better than today.

Today we did a wedding in the balloon! There was very little wind aloft today and one of our passengers did not want to fly “up high” so they were content with an hour long hover over the South end of the valley.

We feel honored to have been chosen to provide the environment for such a unique way to remember their “Special” Day. We love what we do!

While it may have been legally flyable it was not pretty. A hot air balloon ride is supposed to be pretty! Despite a few disappointed passengers we would rather reschedule people than ruin what should be a great experience.

Comment on Read about our recent flights! by Tim

Tim — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:53:31 +0000

Today was some of the best fun we have had yet this year. The winds were brisk at nearly 13mph. We flew five miles down the Valley and landed near Cronin Ranch. Due to the winds picking up we decided to slow the balloon down by dragging it through some tree tops. Our passengers thought it was a great balloon adventure and seemed to throughly enjoy the experience.

We also made a new friend in our landing spot. He was a very friendly landowner and invited us back anytime. Seems things get a little quiet in Coloma and having a hot air balloon land in your yard makes for great conversation.

We love what we do. Days like today are why we chose to open this area to ballooning. Great views, exciting landings and friendly people.

Comment on Read about our recent flights! by Tim

Tim — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:47:45 +0000

This is a late entry for Monday the 7th. We had a great morning above the Valley. The winds were gentle and very kind to us and we got a nice view of the Marshal Gold Discovery State Park. Not our longest flight in the American River Valley as we landed close to where we took off.

Great folks on board all family.

Comment on Read about our recent flights! by Judy

Judy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:45:29 +0000

I was on this flight and I enjoyed this experience. This was my first hot air balloon ride and I would recommend it to anyone who would love to see the world from a different view. The crew was fantastic and very friendly. If you want to do this they are the great!!! I am hoping to do this again with some of my friends.

Thanks again you guys for your great customer
sevice!!

Judy

Comment on Read about our recent flights! by Tim

Tim — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:34:34 +0000

This is a late entry to the flight last Saturday.
Great day! We started out with three passengers about fifteen minutes after sunrise. The morning was crisp but quickly warmed to t-shirt weather in the basket.

We took the balloon up through the Katabatic layer (this is where the winds run down the Sierra’s slopes in the evenings and early mornings) and got to a little over 4,500ft with less than a 2mph wind. The views of the surrounding wilderness and Folsom Lake were stunning.

We dropped back down after a while and tracked up the American River Valley to Camp Lotus and landed right on the beach. The campground is open and we created quite a bit of excitement for the campers.

Camp Lotus welcomed us back anytime as they thought the landing on the river was quite the tourist attraction. Our passengers throughly enjoyed the hour and a half long flight.

There are many different places to fly hot air balloons in Northern California. Napa Valley, Sonora, Temecula but there are few places that can compare to the joy of flying here in Gold Country.

We feel quite fortunate being the only balloon company offering hot air balloon rides in this part of California.

Comment on The First Flight of the New Website! by The Johnson Family

The Johnson Family — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:44:45 +0000

We had a great weekend of flying. Both balloons were booked, the weather was great and our passengers were a lot of fun. One of the flights was a birthday surprise and the other a sort of “aerial family reunion” The entire family showed up to fly with their grandmother!

Comment on The First Flight of the New Website! by The Johnson Family

The Johnson Family — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:38:56 +0000

Dear Skydrifters:

My husband, son & I recently rode up in one of your balloons on Saturday August 18th. We had an awesome experience! I was shocked at how well our twelve year old handled it. Our Pilot was fantastic and professional, we felt very safe the whole time. We must have taken over a hundred photos, and thought maybe we could share them. There were other people who also went up that morning in another balloon, and we thought that if they booked on-line that you could send these pictures of them.

Thank you so much for an enjoyable experience. We took extra flyers for Skydrifters from the Coloma Inn that we stayed at, and have given them to family and friends!

The Johnson Family

Comment on Latest News in Ballooning by David Williams

David Williams — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:11:37 +0000

I took my first flight sat. 8/18 “UNBELIVEABLE”
I’m scared of heights but I push just to test.
If youre scared of heights you must try this
there is no way to explain how peaceful it is,not
like looking over a tall ledge or off a building

Comment on Latest News in Ballooning by Tim Nelson

Tim Nelson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:06:04 +0000

British Balloonist Sets New Atlantic Crossing Record!!

A British explorer has become the first person to cross the Atlantic in an open wicker basket hot air balloon.

David Hempleman-Adams, 46, from Wiltshire, was hit by two sonic booms as he set the record by crossing the south-west tip of Ireland at 0830 BST on Monday.

The booms from a Concorde flying 30,000 feet higher, caused the balloon to drop several thousand feet.

The polar explorer has been in the air for three days since setting off on Friday from New Brunswick in Canada.

Having survived heavy rain, extreme cold and sleep deprivation, he is now looking for somewhere to land.

Richard Mitchell, flight controller, told BBC News Online: “It is all about finding a safe spot.

He need to get him higher and he may go onto Scandinavia
Richard Mitchell
Flight controller

Hempleman-Adams the explorer

“With the weather conditions as they are, this is unlikely to be in Ireland.

“He has snow and ice at 13,000 feet and we are communicating via Shannon air traffic control as the satellite phone is down.

“He needs to get higher and he may go onto Scandinavia. That decision has not been taken yet,” he added.

It was the explorer’s third attempt at the record. In July this year, the Box-based adventurer was forced to abandon his second bid to cross the ocean due to problems with the weather.

His first attempt at a crossing was in September 2002.