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| Margo and Smart Guy |
You just never know what the Universe is going to throw your way between Friday and Saturday. I had plans to go skydiving maybe on Sunday, and do my usual Fairhaven walk and visit the Farmers' Market on Saturday, but plans changed when lovely Margo discovered that her friend (pictured above, my partner) is also a skydiver! While they were having a nice lunch yesterday, she said this was something she always wanted to do, and within minutes she scheduled a tandem jump for today!
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| Margo and Kory, her instructor |
I called my friends Cindy and Dave and asked if they would meet me at Snohomish today, so we could make a jump or two while Margo made her first one, and they agreed. It turned out that a couple of other people would join us on the first skydive, where we went up in the airplane with Margo and her instructor, and the five of us had a very fun skydive, leaving the plane before her.
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| Highway 9 through the Caravan door |
I slipped my iPhone into my jumpsuit and took some pictures as we climbed to altitude. Looking through the slotted Caravan door, I could see Highway 9 below us as we took off, headed for our full altitude of 13,000 feet. Although I eventually had to put everything away so I could concentrate on my own skydive, I was able to take a few pictures on the way to altitude. We are so fortunate to get a chance to jump at a place that gives us views of Rainier, Baker, and Puget Sound as we circle above Harvey Field.
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| Puget Sound from the plane, as we climbed ever higher |
Not long after I took this picture, I tucked my iPhone into my jumpsuit and turned my attention to my four fellow skydivers, concentrating on what I was supposed to be doing on this jump instead of paying attention to Margo. We had a wonderful skydive, landing uneventfully, and went up to make one more before heading home. It was a sunny, beautiful day, and I'm now home and glad to have had such a very fun first day of the Labor Day weekend! What do the next two days have in store for me?
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so did your hubby skydive also? or just provide the impetus for margo to do it? :)
ReplyDeletesmiles. very cool. you have christened yet another skydiver...smiles...
ReplyDeleteWhat was her reaction? Those are some great photos! :)
ReplyDeleteI can always tell your enthusiasm for sky diving. Getting a new diver is just icing on the cake. This was a very upbeat post .
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfect day!
ReplyDeleteIsn't life just full of it. (Surprises, I mean). lol
ReplyDeleteTrying to catch up reading a little and falling short, but not giving up quite yet.
So glad you are still out there, having fun and being my hero!
How absolutely wonderful. I hope Margo enjoyed her day as much as you obviously did.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also hope that the rest of your weekend is as fun-filled...
Wow. Margo acted quickly on her dream! and the ripples caught you up in a fun day too.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you have shown a pic of your partner before. I assume this is Smart guy. does he usually go to the drop zone with you? I know he doesn't dive anymore. Or does he?
Hi Smart Guy!!! (Jackie waving furiously to you as she types this!). So good to see you.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you all had a great day today, Jan.
I love the photos you took from the plane. More! More!
My favorite phrase from your blog today: "....uneventful landing." I pray for those for you always.
Hugs,
Jackie
Good gracious, DJan! That last photo gave me vertigo just looking at it. You are absolutely amazing. And yet... there's a part (albeit small) that would love to be able to do the skydive with you. It sounds so exhilarating.
ReplyDeleteDo you know DJan my hands still get sweaty as I read your posts. I don't think I will be putting sky diving on my bucket list! Get photos from the plane.
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like you got your long weekiend off to a "jumping start". And got to have the thrill of newbies on your jump. That must be a thrill within itself to share the first "jump" experience of a fellow jumper. Sounds like a most exciting way to spend the day and it sounds like each new jumper was successful. I like that air shot you took - nice. Enjoy whatever the rest of your weekend brings.
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice to see a photo of your husband. You don't post enough pictures of him, DJan. I am glad you had such a great day jumping out into the sky.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Looks like a fabulous day for a skydive.
ReplyDeleteWow I love going up in planes. If only I had enough vision left to try a dive! I bet it would be one of those best moments one can recall.
ReplyDeleteYou are so good at doing what you love.
Gorgeous! Now, next time, get some pics of your way down!
ReplyDeleteThose views are just gorgeous, glad to see you had good weather. But one question, how did Margo like her first jump?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear about the rest of your adventurous weekend.
You are an intrepid soul DJ. I envy your sense of adventure.
ReplyDeleteYou and your people sure do know how to get high. ;) And in a way that I'll never trigh.
ReplyDeleteSo Smart Guy went, too? Did she love it?
ReplyDeleteMyself--just looking at that last picture--beautiful view, but it sent my stomach into flipflops imagining leaping out into space from there! ;)
Those pictures are spectacular. The air is so clear and for someone way up in the sky, you held steady, didn't you!
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