What’s the greenest way to fly?

Robb Y    Airborne Activities, Lifestyle Activities     airborne experiences, bucket list, learn to, scenic flights

Such is the worry about the environment, everyone’s looking to cut emissions and watch their carbon footprints. The so-called gas-guzzlers – vehicles that use lots of fuel – have come under real scrutiny of late, and the airlines have also been put in the spotlight.

A jumbo jet creates a lot of carbon dioxide. Now, whether or not you believe this causes global warming is not really relevant – although it clearly is a lot of emissions.

That said, sometimes there really is no other way to travel than to fly; it’s the quickest and probably the safest form of modern travel we have – how else are you going to get to that meeting read more

Floating in the summer sky

Robb Y    Airborne Activities     balloon pilot, balloon rides, ballooning, bucket list, hot air balloon

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