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May
15

Floating in the summer sky

Is it possible for one special moment to remain with you forever? It is, if you spend it floating hundreds of feet above the ground, in a wicker basket, sipping champagne, and being proposed to. As far as proposals go, that’s a hard one to beat, forget, or tell others without a smirk. Hot air balloon rides feature on most people’s bucket lists, but are now getting easier to tick off with gift certificates from experiencegifts.com. available from hundreds of local balloon companies nationwide. read more

May
12

Those magnificent men in their flying machines

And this is where paragliding swoops in to help us live out a long cherished dream—tHang Glidingo be one with the clouds, minus the trials of an airplane. A birthday, an anniversary, or just a well-earned weekend—paragliding offers you enough options to glide over beaches or deserts. A brief ground school session helps you get familiar with the equipment and depending on your location, you’ll be enjoying the thrill of a foot launched tandem flight in a paraglider or a paramotor glider, in no time at all. read more