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Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 10:53PM 
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!