{"id":25121,"date":"2018-05-08T15:11:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25121"},"modified":"2018-05-08T15:11:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T22:11:20","slug":"california-balloons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/california-balloons\/","title":{"rendered":"Californians Up and Away in Beautiful Balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/hotbalon.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon<br \/>\nWe could float among the stars together, you and I<br \/>\nFor we can fly we can fly<br \/>\nUp, up and away<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to sing a song and sail along the silver sky like the 5th Dimension did in their 1967 hit, the Burney Heritage Balloon Festival May 10-13, 2018 launches with a unique opportunity. They&#8217;re hosting a Golf Ball Drop at Joe Bruce Sports Complex $5 per ball. Winner receives a balloon ride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/visit\/soaring-above-california-in-a-hot-air-balloon.html\">Hot air balloon rides<\/a> are year-round attractions you&#8217;ll find in places such as Santa Rosa where you can book a ride on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arestravel.com\/attraction\/single\/5454\/780\">Above the Wine Country.<\/a>\u00a0Among the many wine-centric destinations throughout the state, we&#8217;ve taken high-flying rides on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arestravel.com\/attraction\/single\/5454\/170\">A Grape Escape<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/arestravel.com\/attraction\/single\/5454\/31\">California Dreamin<\/a>&#8216;, both located in Southern California&#8217;s Temecula wine region. To put it mildly, they were a &#8220;blast.&#8221; You usually get to enjoy a champagne toast or wine beverage as part of the package, and it makes for a really special way to see the vineyards spread across the land. It&#8217;s great for romantics, but is also fun for friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>For those who just like to be around the colorful balloons, there are several festivals for you. Here&#8217;s a few you can explore in your travels through the state of California!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-balloon-festivals.html\">Hot Air Balloon Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BURNEY: Heritage Festival May 10-13, 2018<\/li>\n<li>WINCHESTER: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/temecula-balloon-wine-festival.html\"> Temecula Valley Balloon &amp; Wine Festival<\/a>\u00a0<b> <\/b>June 1-3<\/li>\n<li>WINDSOR:\u00a0Sonoma County Hot Air Balloon Classic June 9-10<\/li>\n<li>MONTAGUE:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/montague-balloon-festival.html\">Montague Balloon Fair<\/a> September 22<\/li>\n<li>CLOVIS:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/clovisfest.html\">Clovisfest<\/a><b> <\/b>October 27-28<\/li>\n<li>CATHEDRAL CITY:\u00a0Festival of Balloons November 16-18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon We could float among the stars together, you and I For we can fly we can fly Up, up and away If you&#8217;d like to sing a song and sail along the silver sky like the 5th Dimension did in their 1967 hit, the Burney Heritage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25121"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25122,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25121\/revisions\/25122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}