Hot Air Balloon ride. Quechee VT
I wanted to surprise Ligia with a Hot Air balloon ride. I know of all surprises, she would never guess that i would plan this. Because she knows how deathly scared I am of heights. It’s strange how that works, as you know I am a scuba diver and jumping out of a boat in the middle of the ocean does not scare me, but take me to the edge of a cliff or even watching someone in a wing-suite just sends chills up my back. For anyone who has done this adventure, you will know the elements cannot be controlled. They have to be perfect for a flight. So the weekend I choose to camp up in Vermont wasn’t the best, but I was hoping for some good weather. We arrived at our Camp site during a heavy rain storm. Our tent got flooded that night and we had to sleep in the truck and dry our clothes the next day, as everything got wet. (cont….below)
So the next morning as we wake up from our someone few hours of sleep, i am anxiously waiting to hear from the folks at www.quecheeballoonrides.com” as being in a socking Tent , i wasn’t sure the conditions would be right for the flight. Not too soon after I received the call to come to the take off site, which was already prearranged with me. So as we drove to that location, all ligia could think was that we were going on a kayaking trip. We get to the site, as it was early no other cars were around, but one truck parked in the distance, so as curious as Ligia is , she wasn’t sure I had the right spot for the pickup. As we got off our vehicle , I was met my the Father of the pilot, who introduced himself and told us his son was still setting up. To this Ligia said , but where is the river? (as we were in the middle of the green in downtown Quechee. So that’s when I told her , we are not going for a river boat trip, but see what that person is doing back in the distance.
So as a adrenaline junkie that she is, she was thrilled!, but then looked over at me and said , but what are you going to do Papi tho? Much to her surprise , I said, Well you are not going alone, I am joining! But you are scared of heights, how can you do this, are you sure? I said well there is always a first time for everything, this is a bit different from standing on the edge, as you are in a basket all the time. Similar to being on a plane. With that , I got on board and we lifted off . Off we went! Enjoys the pics
