6. Take a ride in a hot air balloon

A really large hot air balloon taking off from the top of a mountain.

I'm not afraid of heights, never have been and probably never will be, so going up in a hot air balloon just makes sense to me. Obviously, as a mode of travel it doesn't make sense, I mean, how do you control where you go? I don't know much about them but I'm guessing you go wherever the wind takes you.

As long as that place is pretty then I guess that's ok with me.

But seriously, how peaceful must it be on one? Look at that photo, you don't get much more removed from everything than that, and I bet it's deadly quiet too. 

People use hot air balloon rides for a whole host of things, but my ride would just be to relax and enjoy the views. It's not every day you get aeroplane views without moving at 500 miles per hour.

If it happens to look like a giant owl, that would be swell.

I wouldn't want to be at those events where hundreds of hot air balloons take off and swirl around, I just want it to be one, with me in it. And someone that knows what they are doing, otherwise it might end in disaster for the owl.

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