A man鈥檚 wedding proposal on a hot air balloon didn鈥檛 go exactly as planned but his girlfriend still said yes -- and both are excited to have an 鈥渁wesome鈥� story to tell.
Christine Peters says she had wanted to go for a ride in a hot air balloon ever since she was a little girl. She鈥檇 wish for it 鈥渦pon a star鈥� or when blowing out birthday candles.
Peters鈥� partner Stephen Martin made that dream come true on Saturday when they boarded one in Edmonton along with about 10 others.
Then, another dream came true. He pulled out an engagement ring. Peters said yes.
鈥淎ll of a sudden, we're still 30 or 40 feet up in the air and just the whole thing shakes and you hear like cracking of branches and we're in a tree,鈥� Peters says.
The balloon was freed but hit another tree. It then crashed in a farmer鈥檚 field. No one was seriously injured.
Martin says they weren鈥檛 even frightened, 鈥渨hich is surprising seeing as how I don鈥檛 like heights.鈥�
鈥淟ooking at it now,鈥� he adds, 鈥淚鈥檓 actually glad we went out because it was kind of like a crazy adventure 鈥� plus, seeing how I proposed to her too, it makes for an awesome story.鈥�
Peters agreed with her new fiancé. 鈥淚t does make an awesome story.鈥�
With a report from CTV Edmonton's Susan Amerongen
