Palm Springs, CA Area from a Hot Air Balloon

Fantasy Balloon Flights offers hot air balloon rides across the Coachella Valley, with sweeping views of lush golf courses, resorts, neighborhoods and desert landscapes, all surrounded by mountains.  Above:  balloons preparing for flight.

Ready for take-off.

Our fellow fliers.

An unsuspecting swimmer.

Mount San Gorgonio in the distance.

Scoping out the golf courses and planning the next outing.

Above:  the flame that heats the air inside the balloon.

The sun disappears behind the mountains.

Our co-balloonists gently land.

Dan Jeske and Karin Miller after a balloon ride over the Coachella Valley.

We survived, and we celebrate!