On The Road

Although my birthday was over a month ago, I still haven’t published the exciting conclusion to the day!

So after getting to go up in a glider and getting other sweet presents we went to Red Lobster for some tasty food then we opened up some more presents that included more awesome t-shirts, a cool book about Everest from my parents and a gift card for more cool books from my In-Laws.

As if that wasn’t enough, Dustin, Jenna, Ryan, another girl whose name we will not mention, Karleigh, and me all piled into the car and started driving north.  This was another surprise so I didn’t know how long the drive was or anything about what was going on.

Eventually we got off I-15 up in the Big O (aka Ogden, UT).  I was somewhat confused since Ogden is generally a crappy place (in my opinion).  Well it all became clear when we pulled up to a new shopping/entertainment complex and there was a huge sign on the side of the building that said Fly Utah: Indoor Skydiving. 

Yep, after going up in a glider that morning we were all going indoor skydiving that night.

We had a brief class on how to do it then we got suited up and ready to go.  Since it was my birthday and the guys working there knew this I got the purple and yellow flight suit with the pink goggles just to make sure I felt extra special.  But no one really looks good in those flight suits so it’s all good.

   
The skydiving was awesome.  It’s crazy how the smallest movement changes how you fly.  We all flew two sessions of one minute each.  I posted the first round of everyone flying here and the second round here.  The instructor flying at the end of the second round is incredible.  (Of course me biffing it hard in the first video was pretty good too.)  You’ll have to play your own music since Google took the audio off of the video.  And to answer the most common question from people who see the video, ‘Yes, that is filmed in real time and nothing is altered, sped up, or slowed down.’

So to wrap up my awesome B-Day I recommend that anyone who has the chance to take a ride on a glider or go indoor skydiving should jump at the opportunity.  Of course, it’s always a little better when your wife knows you so well and plans it all out for you.  Thanks Kar.