They were 200 feet above the ground, gliding over the vineyards, ranchlands, and rooftops of the Temecula Valley in a hot-air balloon, when he summoned up his nerve and proposed. An hour later the newly engaged couple were back on the ground, all smiles, sipping Champagne. “She said yes!” he announced. Everyone applauded.
Eight balloons were in the air that morning, all brightly colored, ever so gently rising and falling and offering everyone on board spectacular vistas of rolling hills and distant mountain ranges to the east and west.
