Did a hot air ride this morning what an enjoyable experience! We were picked up at our resort right on time at 5am which I appreciated. Taken to the first potential take off location where it was explained to us why everyone was looking and pointing to the sky. They were reviewing wind conditions. Dissatisfied they drove us to a secondary location a few minutes away where we disembarked and where given the rules by our pilot captain bill. It was incredible watching these huge balloons fill up. After twenty or so minutes we were on our way. With some of the ground crew offering to take pictures of us in the basket. As another nice surprise they take photos from the ground all throughout the experience and make them available on their website for a year. There was literally no sense of motion and when there was our pilot explained why. I was blown away by how they we were able to drop low and then rapidly climb to thousands of feet in the air. 4 other balloons went up with us and it was cool seeing them at various points in the sky. The burners aren't that far from the basket and you will feel the Heat from them. Bring your own cap and shades if you can remember. If you don't they have spare Caps and water (to combat the Heat from that burner!) that they will pass out just before take off. We were up for a good hour or so leisurely moving through the sky across the highway down then up over highways. Don't forget to take a selfie(I completely forgot to do it). The landing was a bit rougher than I expected but we were given clear instructions on what to do at no time did I feel unsafe... Ok maybe slightly with the bouncing and dragging across the desert floor but just for a brief moment. Upon disembark we had a nice light breakfast we're served champagne and recited the balloonist prayer. After receiving our certificates payment was handled in a discreet manner we piled back in our van and where dropped off back at our resort. What an incredible experience! Captain Bill was awesome and very knowledgeable with bits of information and humor shared throughout the flight.