Hot Air Balloon Proposal

by Candice Lazar

My husband proposed to me on a hot air balloom overlooking Sonoma Valley wine country in California. I wasn't surprised, as he had been behaving strangely the previous couple of days, but it was still lovely.

He kept the ballooning itself a secret until we got there. We helped inflate the balloon just after sunrise and then went up. He proposed in a bathrobe because it was still chilly outside, and I had accidentally left his fleece pullover on the airplane. After the ride and proposal, we landed and then had champagne and brunch with the balloon pilot and tracking-car driver.