I took my sweetie on the sunset tour in San Diego ...

I took my sweetie on the sunset tour in San Diego for her birthday. It was a perfect experience! The company communicated with me multiple times before the trip so I knew where to go, when, and what to expect. Watching the balloons be set up, including inflating the massive 300,000 cubic foot balloon and heating it up was spectacular! The flight itself was magical, drifting without vibration or noise above the beautiful homes and landscape of rancho santa fe, the ocean and mountains on the horizon, able to see from Mexico in the south to San Jacinto (near Palm Springs) in the north. The pilot OBVIOUSLY knew what he was doing, even as he grazed the shrubs with the basket as we flew over an unoccupied flat bit of land. The stories were fun as we sipped Champagne and waited for the crew to pack up the balloon at the end of the flight. At every point we were treated politely, professionally, and the experience was just beautiful! Our pilot was Philip Branch (Hi Phil!), he was great.