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On the morning I moved to Sonoma County, there was a single hot air balloon floating over a vineyard just off the highway.
I knew this was the place for me to live.
I’ve never been up in one because it costs about $600 for two people to go in my area, which is kind of insane.
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Still, I wish hot air balloons were a major form of travel. They are so magical (a word I hate, but still) floating in the sky.
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“The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology,” says Wikipedia.
They were invented in France.
“Technical illustration from 1818 showing early balloon designs.”
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Sometimes I think I would like to learn how to fly a hot air balloon. They don’t seem scary like hang gliding, for example.
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And then I would buy a hot air balloon that I would keep in my backyard, and occasionally I would take it up in the sky.
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I wonder how much a used hot air balloon costs. Less than $600?