Lund

Where we roam with the deer and the antelope.

Christmas in Oregon

Christmas in Oregon

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Flying High!

Our weekend seemed to have a common theme, "heights". We left Lund at 3:45 am to travel to the Boulder City Airport where Bill would fulfill a lifelong wish (much to my surprise). Next it was off to see the new bridge at Hoover Dam. We left the boys in the motel room while we attended the temple. Saturday, we were up bright and early for another highlight for Bill, the Las Vegas airshow. We witnessed a lot of incredible demonstrations. I think the highlight was the Thunderbirds. They really take your breath away with their amazing manuevers. Whew! Safe on terre ferma.

Bill and his intructor.


Looking down at a golf course in Boulder City.



Yeah! What an awesome experience!





The moment of truth, leaving the safety of the airplane.





All smiles before the jump.






Just a reminder.







Up on the new Hoover Dam bridge nearly 900 feet above the Colorado river! After a few minutes, I decided I had had enough of looking down so far.







Whoa! Somebody help us!









Long bus lines at the airshow. It took us an hour and a half just to get on a bus to leave. We tried leaving on foot but were promptly ushered back onto the base.











There were 22 of these planes in the air at one time. You can buy a kit and put them together yourself.










Really cool explosions.












After a long day at the airshow.













2 comments:

wendy said...

Sweet pictures! Dave and I got a kick out of the "Bridge and desert are risky places" faces. Great job, Mom and Gabe. And the ones of Dad with his instructor and with the boys right after the jump are perfect. You guys aren't Oregon fans, are you? I'd never know. :) Thanks for posting Mom!

Stephanie said...

Whoa. Just last night Jason and I were reminding each other that we have to ask you guys about cool things to do in Oregon--we want a few adventures this summer on the Oregon coast. Now, we're not sure if we're gonna ask. Take your adventures--divide them by about 10,000 and that's our level of excitement--like looking for shells on a sandy/rocky beach or watching cool birds or letting the waves touch our toes. None of this jumping out of airplanes/off bridges stuff! :) The air show looked awesome, though. We would love that! Love seeing all the Harris Family adventures.