Sky Drifters Hot Air Balloon Adventures http://www.skydrifters.com Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:14:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Customer Comments http://www.skydrifters.com/2012/04/17/customer-comments/ http://www.skydrifters.com/2012/04/17/customer-comments/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:36:59 +0000 Tim http://www.skydrifters.com/?p=402 Did you enjoy your flight?

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]]> http://www.skydrifters.com/2012/04/17/customer-comments/feed/ 31 Read about our recent flights! http://www.skydrifters.com/2008/03/11/read-about-our-recent-flights/ http://www.skydrifters.com/2008/03/11/read-about-our-recent-flights/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:08:13 +0000 Tim http://www.skydrifters.com/2008/03/11/read-about-our-recent-flights/ This is a new section of our site. Here you will find the pilots comments about each flight during the 2008 season.  Flying hot air balloons in Northern California’s Gold Country is not the same thing as flying hot air balloons in Napa Valley.  We hope this section provides people with a combination of amusement and awe. Wine Country flying is nice but we prefer the challenge of mountain flying. The American River Valley and Coloma provides spectacular scenery as well as interesting flying.  No big flat fields for us!  Landing here is often on a river bank or in between trees.  We hope you enjoy reading this section. Feel free to post your comments!

]]> http://www.skydrifters.com/2008/03/11/read-about-our-recent-flights/feed/ 6 The Color of the Skies http://www.skydrifters.com/2007/09/05/the-color-of-the-skies/ http://www.skydrifters.com/2007/09/05/the-color-of-the-skies/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:45:17 +0000 Tim http://www.skydrifters.com/2007/09/05/the-color-of-the-skies/ Over Labor Day Weekend, Sky Drifters was pleased to be one of 12 balloons supporting the Children’s Hospital of Southern California at the Color the Skies balloon festival in Ripon, California. For those of you that aren’t sure where Ripon is, it’s off the 99 about halfway between Manteca and Modesto. Next year we’ll try to post some advanced notice so you can come to the Festival!!!

Color the Skies FestivalMore Color the Skies FestivalChildren’s Miracle Network

On Saturday, the balloons began inflation at around 6:00 AM, and were ready to launch at about 6:45 AM. Our balloon took two of the event sponsors for a fun flight over almond groves, corn fields, and dairies, eventually landing in an empty field next to a small dairy. Our passengers were thrilled, and after the chase vehicle arrived, we loaded the balloon back up and headed back to the event for some fun at the event’s many booths. Among our many finds in these booths were some of the world’s most delicious heirloom tomatoes!

On Sunday, the wind had picked up a little, and we got our balloon up and inflated quickly to minimize the complications of a windy inflation. Sky Drifters staffer Christina got to go for a flight on Sunday, along with a member of the crowd who won a balloon trip as a raffle prize. We flew over the Stanislaus River, and saw cornfields galore! We eventually landed softly in a fallow field next to an irrigation canal. Our passenger had a great time and our chase driver (one of our passengers from the previous day) was at the field before we even landed!

Stanislaus RiverA Modesto FarmOrderly Rows of Corn

We’re back now from our fun weekend at the Festival, and we’re proud to have helped make the weekend a fundraising success for the Children’s Hospital!

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above and read what some of our customers have had to say
about our trips. You can also leave a comment about your flight!

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