Re: my wife & i went up in a hot air balloon...
Looked like a great experience.
I once was on my motorcycle and trying to follow a hot air balloon in flight by turning on many different roads and trying to stay with it. It was flying relatively low and the people in the balloon were shouting down to me trying to tell me when I turned on a road that either would end or curve the wrong way. It was quite amusing to stay with them as I continued to make turns on roads I was unfamiliar with. In the end I did arrive slightly ahead of them as they landed on a golf course. We talked a while and shared a few laughs.They said that by me trying to stay with them it made there balloon ride that much more fun. My wife and I still have this on our to do list.
My airborne experience was a 14,000 foot jump skydiving out of an airplane. I have done it 5 times and I am hooked.