Hey 48BigTrucks, that is just great! The same thing happened to me a few years ago. Only I had two balloons and no hay field. They put them down right on my lawn.
The other difference was that I knew the balloonist secret. It is a tradition that the balloonist flies with a bottle of champagne to offer to the property owner in exchange for landing rights. When the first pilot asked for permission to land, I replied that I would do anything for champagne. He just laughed and told the other pilot that I knew the secret.
He was a party animal kind of guy, as well as a knowledgeable pilot. The chase trucks arrived, the neighbors came over, the pilot broke out the bottle of champagne, we all had a sip, and everyone helped pack up the balloons.
It was quite an experience.
