So, some of you are aware that we were blessed to be able to take a little adventure into the "wild blue yonder" on Saturday. If you hadn't heard, let me explain. Our Sunday School teacher at church has been a pilot for many, many years. He has had this plane for about 10 years, now. Last week he had offered to take the families in our class up for a little jaunt through the sky, and so we decided to take him up on his kind offer...me, through gritted teeth and white knuckled readiness...
So on Saturday, we met him at Sparta Airport, where he keeps his plane, and decided to throw caution to the wind and become airborne with the boys...Grandpa and grandma took Natalie for a little while.
The plane was beautiful! It sat 6 people, and was in VERY good condition (of course I checked these things out before I boarded. I don't just hop on
any plane and trust someone with the lives of
most of my family...well, maybe I do.) In any case, it looked like it wouldn't fall apart on take-off, so we boarded. (do you call it "boarding" with such a little plane??? I don't know...)
Yes, my
co-pilot husband was giddy with delight. I was asked if I would like to be the "co-pilot", but I graciously and very, very eagerly declined. If you don't know me, I am
not too fond of a true and absolute HATER of heights. Unlike the males in my immediate family, who loved every minute of the flight...
So he flew us from downtown Grand Rapids, up past our church, over our house and back to the airport. It was a very cool experience, to say the VERY least.
I tried to lable as well as I could...If you know Cedar Springs, this is the great big red and white water tower right by our house...
I labled our house in the very lower left hand corner (It's hard to see...)
And finally...our pilot. What an experience.
The plane was beautiful! It sat 6 people, and was in VERY good condition (of course I checked these things out before I boarded. I don't just hop on any plane and trust someone with the lives of most of my family...well, maybe I do.) In any case, it looked like it wouldn't fall apart on take-off, so we boarded. (do you call it "boarding" with such a little plane??? I don't know...)
So he flew us from downtown Grand Rapids, up past our church, over our house and back to the airport. It was a very cool experience, to say the VERY least.
I tried to lable as well as I could...If you know Cedar Springs, this is the great big red and white water tower right by our house...
This is a better picture...
We flew over the high school and the middle school...
Some of the pictures came out a little "fuzzy". We were flying in and out of clouds, more so the further south we went, so that made for a foggier photo...
Downtown Grand Rapids...
These were the most clear pictures out of the bunch...Magnificent. God's creation is incredible, to say the least!
1 comment:
How COOOOLLLL!!! Man, more power to you, I'd be freakin' out! :) What an amazing experience, I'm sure the boys, all of them, had such a fabulous memorable time! What a great Mama!
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