We got there early Monday morning because we wanted to beat the crowds and the heat, lucky for us no one else was there so we got to watch them set the balloon up.
Getting the basket ready.
Blowing the balloon up
Almost ready.
Stephen LOVED this part. It was so awesome to be able to watch them set up the hot air balloon!
Stephen getting excited to go up!
Almost ready.
The balloon is up, we drew quite a crowd.
This hot air balloon is the world's only handicap accessible balloon! Amazing!!
And we're up!
It was the perfect morning to go up in a hot air balloon
Stephen had the BEST time up there.
We were so excited after we got down that we wanted to do it again the next morning.
While Julie and Stephen loved every minute of being up in the balloon, it wasn't quite Danielle's thing. She was a trooper though and made it all the way through. We have a video that we will post later this week of while we were up in the air!
All in all it was an awesome experience. The man who owns the hot air balloon, called Serena's Song, has a special needs daughter, Serena, who also has severe CP. Serena was non communicative and non verbal until the age of 2 when they had the opportunity to take her up in a hot air balloon, it was up in the balloon we she started to laugh and squeal for the first time. Ever since then they have been traveling the US, giving other specials needs kids the same opportunity and experience. Here is their website if you want to check it out.
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