Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Festive And Colorful Ballooning Festival

By Alta Alexander


Winter Park, CO is one of the best places in the world when it comes to hot air balloons. They hold balloon festivals and rides which is what most tourists are really looking for when they come to the city. Once you are in the basket of the balloon, you will see all the beautiful spots like the rocky mountains of Colorado, wide grasslands, gorgeous valleys, and cliffs. It really is a treat when you are in up in the air.

Balloon operators have a club in Colorado which they established for approximately forty years now. Colorado ballooning can give you an experience of a lifetime which you might want to try over and over again. It is a very entertaining feast of balloon rides. Anyone can take the ride, of course, with the assistance of the operators. You can have a nice breakfast, a glass of champagne, and beautiful music in the background with the fresh sun peeking at you in an early morning atmosphere.

The best time to fly is during sunrise because winds are most stable during that time of the day. Visitors are advised to wear their jackets or sweaters on. It will be a very cold ascent but once the sun comes up, it will start to become warmer in the basket, plus the heat that comes out from the hot air.

The balloon festival is really exciting. A colorful display takes flight on the skies of the city. It is an exciting event where you can take the kids along to marvel on the colorful skies. There are also other events in this festival. If flying is not your thing, you may take other alternative activities that are also fun and exciting.

If you can take snapshots, it will be a perfect subjects. They seem to paint the sky with beautiful colors. There are also other activities on the ground if you do not want to dare ride the balloon. It will be romantic to share this moment with a loved one as well.

Some people do not let the day pass if they cannot take a ride. The panoramic view is very picturesque and they like to take high quality pictures of beautiful scenes. You can be up in the skies, like literally in cloud nine, for over two hours. You can also extend if possible, but you will have to prompt the operator.

Usually, people choose to ride a bit longer even if they have initially paid for the one hour ride. At first, people become really scared. But eventually, they will feel that it is a great and relaxing ride up there.

Winter Park is famous for this event and many people come here all year round, even if it is not the time of the festival. You can always take the ride but you need to come really early in the morning, before the sun comes up because that is recommended by the operators. They are experienced and very skilled in flying it so they will know when is the perfect time.

If the weather condition is perfect for flying, they can let it fly a few more hundred feet high. This way, you will be able to see a more beautiful panorama of the countryside with all the colorful waters and rocky mountains. You will have a birds eye view of all of Winter Park, which is amazing for photography as well.




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