{"id":21850,"date":"2014-04-02T20:53:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T03:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/?p=21850"},"modified":"2024-04-04T20:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T03:49:41","slug":"hot-air-balloon-sonoma-county-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/hot-air-balloon-sonoma-county-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride Over the Vineyards of Northern California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a85bf2e7 gb-headline-text\">Recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/tag\/northern-california\/\">Sonoma County Tourism Board<\/a> in California chose me to be one of the next faces of Sonoma County and I was beyond thrilled to be representing the beautiful county that I call home. <em>And<\/em> that was way before knowing that one of the perks to being a representative (aka: a Sonomad) was a hot air balloon ride over the picturesque vineyards of <a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/tag\/northern-california\/\">Northern California<\/a>. <em>Lucky Day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b15c3840 gb-headline-text\">A hot air balloon ride had been on my bucket list for an unacceptable amount of time and was begging for a check.<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"A view of hot air balloons on air\" class=\"wp-image-44636\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Go-on-a-Hot-Air-Balloon-Ride-RF-2-2-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9f928529 gb-headline-text\">At the unlucky morning hour of 4:30, I awoke sleepy-eyed, yet ready for the adventure that awaited. Truth be told, there are limited reasons why I would get out of bed at this time in the morning. <em>Very limited.<\/em> One being an early flight to an exotic location, which I still try to avoid at all costs and the other is to yell &#8220;shut up&#8221; to the neighbors after they have been drinking all night and wanting to have that &#8220;you don&#8217;t really love me&#8221; relationship battle in front of my bedroom window at the wee hours of the morning.<em> I am not at all bitter about that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5c01258f gb-headline-text\">But, I will make an exception for the absurd hour of this wake-up call for a Hot Air Balloon Ride over Sonoma County. I may have even been a little bit chipper. As chipper as four a.m. gets.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We met at the airport, where our balloon company, <a href=\"https:\/\/napavalleyballoons.com\/hot-air-balloon-festivals.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Up &amp; Away<\/a> drove us to the take-off location. The guests would be in charge of inflating this colorful, soon-to-be mode of transportation and with little effort two people held the opening of the hole. I was very existed, I&#8217;ve always wanted to take part in one of these <a href=\"https:\/\/napavalleyballoons.com\/hot-air-balloon-festivals.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Napa Valley Balloons<\/a> rides! First, cold air was blown into the flat bag, then hot air from the burners finished it off, possibly taking some eyebrows with it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3271-800x533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3271-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon\" class=\"wp-image-21860\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3271-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3271-800x533-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3271-800x533-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ef3aece9 gb-headline-text\">When the hot air balloon was was full, we loaded up: the camera crew, pilot and six Sonomads.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3298-800x533.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3312-800x533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3312-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Air Balloon Ride over Sonoma County\" class=\"wp-image-21861\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3312-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3312-800x533-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3312-800x533-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-71a2c9ad gb-headline-text\">The flame propelled us into the air and we began traveling at a fairly slow pace. This may have been the reason why this ride was not as frightening for me as flying in an airplane. That, plus the fact that I could see the pilot right in front of me navigating this flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f936387f gb-headline-text\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\">I was ready to poke his eyeballs out if he made one wrong move. He&#8217;s lucky he didn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, the Sonoma county fog had yet to burn, but that just added to the ambiance.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3337-800x533.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3337-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Air Balloon Ride over Sonoma County\" class=\"wp-image-21867\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3337-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3337-800x533-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_3337-800x533-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2f57f672 gb-headline-text\">The wind took us traveling in an undesignated direction and led us to reach an elevation 8,000 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8036ec1f gb-headline-text\">We flew high over lush green farmland, rustic barns and the vineyards that were famous in <a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/tag\/northern-california\/\">Northern California<\/a>.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When we reached a large pond, the pilot wanted to show us his skill. <em>Be careful, my eye-poking out threat still stands. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we flew over the middle of the waters, we began to descend. Not rapidly, but still downward. The captain then proved how much control he had as he dipped the basket just a couple inches into the water. <em>There will be no eye-poking.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After an hour in the air, we landed just as easy as we had ascended and Up &amp; Away had a brunch, complete with mimosas waiting for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4dd050c4 gb-headline-text\">Cocktails are the perfect ending to a perfect morning.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This experience turned out to be a great addition to my list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bucketlistjourney.net\/45-amazing-things-to-do-before-you-die\/\">top things to do before you die<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have you ever taken a ride in a hot air balloon? 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