The first time it was cancelled due to “fog.”
The second time it was due to “Santa Ana winds.”
The third time because of “rain.”
I was pretty much expecting to get a call the next time saying “the trip is cancelled because the weather is just TOO BEAUTIFUL & LOVELY.”

But! It turns out the fourth time is the charm. And so, at 3:30am, I drove to meet up with Lydia & Mary {all of us on 0-2 hours of sleep since we had just been too too excited for sleeping}, and we headed down to Temecula for the early morning ride.

And as you can see, it was most definitely worth the wait.

(Useful fact: we bundled up like crazy because we figured it’d be freezing & windy on the ride, but apparently hot air balloons rides are really hot, because of all the… hot air. OH RIGHT.)