The balloon ride....after we took off :)

Here are photos after we take off. I think we had 18 people + the pilot in the balloon. As I said, it was freaking cold. The flame which got us in the air was the only heat source for us but then I think it really kept us warmer at times. Our partner balloon somehow had some problems starting up. They took longer to inflate the balloon and didn't take off until we were high in the air already....so I had a chance taking photos of them while we were flying...

Here is our attempt taking photo of ourselves and the scenery....I have to say it's not easy to get what we see when we want our faces in the photos...Billy took a shot of me with the neighboring balloon and the scenery...

Since we went really early in the morning, we actually had the chance to see sunrise in the air...quite amazing...and the rest of photos are beautiful sights we got to see while ride the balloon :)


The next two photos were taken by Billy. He liked the ball looking trees and the shadows a lot I think....and I liked the 2nd photo he took a lot...

I took this one cuz I thought the photo made the trees look like they were running toward the rocks...

Here are the photos with our balloon shadow :)


This is the water reservoir that provides the water for Sedona....looks kinda small from up there..

An old couple was in the same section with us in the basket and the grandpa took photos for us....1st one was obviously not too successful with the shadows....and the 2nd one was only ok too since he didn't get much other than our big heads....Billy just decided to take one of ourselves from below so we could get the inside of the balloon.

The sun got brighter as we flew, and our partner balloon kept on being a very good target for my photos.....They once got really close to the road and later very close to us. I was able to take a picture where you can clearly see the passengers....very cool photo that was....


We were told the snow we saw was around Flagstaff, which was the ski area some distance away from Sedona. I forgot to mention....one thing I don't like about Sedona is the air condition. Whatever photos I took always turned out to look kinda dusty with the air...anyway...I would prefer much clearer sky if I had any choice....:p

Here are 4 photos we took in the balloon. Why did we take 4? cuz I was worried the self photo taking technic of Billy might not be perfect and I wanted good photos....but then all 4 turned out to be good and most people probably can't see the differences anyway....lol


After we landed the balloon company actually prepared a nice picnic for us with champagne (with real glasses too....we were impressed), muffins, and fruits at this recreation area. The wife of that old couple we had balloon ride with took a shot for us which turned out to be decent even though not much of the red rocks can be seen....

Billy then tried to take a shot of ourselves and the result turned out to be funny cuz of the shadow of the camera right on his face....and then the 2nd try was better but I couldn't open my eyes due to the sun. The last 2 pictures are us holding our balloon ride certificates....yeah....like we did anything other than taking photos and enjoy the scenery....but Anyway....I think these are all the photos I am gonna put up here. We just took too many and I don't think I want to upload all of them. This should be enough for the balloon ride :) Will continue with rest of the trip later.....