♥ Hot Air Ballooning, above the Gold Coast ♥

As we rose in our basket at 530am, a group of 19 people held their breath and floated up, up and away.

The highest speed reached was 12 knots, which the priver (pilot/driver) explained was about a speed of 20 km p/h.

We floated all the way up into the clouds where at one stage we had one side of our view completely obstructed by white cloud.

The cars on their roads looking like toys and houses lined up in rows reminded me of the opening song to Weeds - Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds. What can be deduced from it I don't know, but it has been stuck in my head for hours now.. haha 

Little Boxes on the hillside,

little boxes made of ticky tacky,

Little boxes on the hillside,

Little boxes all the same.

There's a green one and a pink one

And a blue one and a yellow one,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same.

As we passed over houses, making poor doggies alarmed, people came out and waved at us. 

And the people in the houses

All went to the university,

Where they were put in boxes

And they came out all the same,

And there's doctors and lawyers,

And business executives,

And they're all made out of ticky tacky

And they all look just the same. 

It was one the best experiences of my life. I thought it was going to be really windy, but your moving at the same speed as the wind so it was relatively calm, quiet and peaceful.

We saw the beautiful mountains in the Gold Coast Hinterland nestled together dark green and bushy. 

After this adventure dear readers, I believe I will, finally after years of procrastinating/clothes sales, invest in something I love to do... I will buy a DSLR... 

11 stories of fire resistant cotton/propane and Chris kept us from the ground.

The Gold Coast is one of those places where you see high rises, beaches, islands and development; then further inland there are mountains and forests. An incredibly diverse, visually place.

I hope I captured our hot air balloon ride from balloons aloft, with the sense of adventure and floating bliss that we experienced.

It cost us dear readers about $300 p/p which included a lovely buffet breakfast.

Liam and I were treated by his lovely mother Pauline. I can now cross off my list, this thrilling bucket list adventure.

http://www.balloonaloft.net/ 

Kisses for now, dear readers ♥♥♥ Until our next great adventure ♥♥♥