When our highways and subterranean luge routes are overrun by traffic, we will turn to the skies to meet our transportation needs. For $94, today's Groupon gets you a preview of the future of transportation with a one-hour, single-flight hot-air-balloon ride with a floating champagne picnic through Sunrise Balloon in Temecula. Secede from your stale relationship with the ground for a picturesque flight above wine country that's packed with wining, dining, and professional photography to remind you what well-groomed clouds look like.

Pilot Dan Glick hasn't put his feet on the ground once in the last 35 years, constantly ushering sightseers through the aerial beauty above Temecula and wine country. You'll meet at the conference room in the Inn at Churon Winery for a pre-flight reception, calming floating fever with morning coffee before a champagne picnic breakfast treats your appetite while in flight. Sunrise will capture your launch on HD video and will snap more than 100 professional photographs throughout the journey so you can always cherish and treasure the moment you returned to the condor-people. For special occasions, Sunrise can hang banners proclaiming birthdays, anniversaries, or congratulations on legally adopting an adult man dressed like a panda. Your flight concludes with a round of champagne, cider, and cake and additional proof of your venture with a souvenir flight certificate. You also get two-for-one wine tasting coupons.

Spending time suspended in the air gives you ample time to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and contemplate all that gets pushed aside. With Sunrise's gorgeous aerial tour, you'll have the mental break necessary for brainstorming better ways to pickle eggs and how many chick peas are too many chick peas.

Be sure to make your reservation in advance.

Reviews

Reviewers love the personalized touches and dedicated staff at Sunrise Balloons. Google Mappers and three Yelpers give 4.5 stars, four Citysearchers give four, and TripAdvisors give it 4.5 owl eyes, making it the third most popular Temecula attraction on the site:

• The attention of the staff and the experience of the hot air balloon ride was a very memorable birthday for my partner. The staff really made it a special day…We were very pleased with both Megan and our pilot Dan Glick. He filled our request to travel a little higher altitude and we did, it was an awesome experience! He is very knowledgable [sic], professional and freindly. [sic] – Tanya, Google Maps
• I have been on several hot air balloon rides over the years and this was hands down THE VERY BEST. Megan met us all in the morning with coffee…We were a diverse crowd, but everyone became fast friends. As we went up over the valley, it was magical. The weather was perfect, we could see everywhere… – GracieGracieGracie, TripAdvisor
• You get a good view of the city, vineyards, and neighboring cities, mountains, and lakes…It was complete silence up in the air as sound doesn't travel that far up. A pretty serene experience…No turbulence. – Jack L., Yelp