Uncle Curtis warmed up the helicopter yesterday and took us all for a ride. Taylor, Blake, and myself all got to go....here we are strapping in and getting ready to take off.
Now, the pictures are all jumbled and out of order...but here we are safely landing and putting our feet on the ground.
Luke and Devon didn't ride. Devon was too nervous and since Luke has had the flu, I couldn't imagine anything worse than throw-up--especially in a confined space hundreds of feet above the ground...so he didn't go, but he had a blast watching the helicopter take off and land.
Here we are coming in for a landing...whew! Look at that sunset!
These are the first two pictures of us taking off. Neither Taylor or Blake screamed...they loved it! Blake kept waving out the window. I, on the other hand, was okay until we were in the air. It is way different looking out the window of a helicopter than an airplane because the window goes all the way to the floor...it takes your breath away!
Luckily, for me, since the kids were with me, Curtis spared me of his dare devil ride! My stomach was queasy enough as it was. The canyons were beautiful and the ride was awesome! Thanks Curtis!
Uncle Curtis warmed up the helicopter yesterday and took us all for a ride. Taylor, Blake, and myself all got to go....here we are strapping in and getting ready to take off.
Now, the pictures are all jumbled and out of order...but here we are safely landing and putting our feet on the ground.
Luke and Devon didn't ride. Devon was too nervous and since Luke has had the flu, I couldn't imagine anything worse than throw-up--especially in a confined space hundreds of feet above the ground...so he didn't go, but he had a blast watching the helicopter take off and land.
Here we are coming in for a landing...whew! Look at that sunset!
These are the first two pictures of us taking off. Neither Taylor or Blake screamed...they loved it! Blake kept waving out the window. I, on the other hand, was okay until we were in the air. It is way different looking out the window of a helicopter than an airplane because the window goes all the way to the floor...it takes your breath away!
Luckily, for me, since the kids were with me, Curtis spared me of his dare devil ride! My stomach was queasy enough as it was. The canyons were beautiful and the ride was awesome! Thanks Curtis!
17 comments:
That is the coolest ever! I totally would have been too chicken to go, but what an awesome experience for you guys!
I would have been a chicken too! How for your kids to say they've been in a helicopter!
You are lucky that he didn't do his dare devil tricks, I on the other hand was not sparred, the three times I have ridden with him. It is crazy!
That is so cool! I've always wanted to ride in a helicopter.
What a neat experience.
How neat is that! I don't know if this would ever be on my "Bucket List" but you get to put it on your "Done That" list. Great pictures.
You would never know from looking at the pictures that it was very, very cold, especially when that helicopter came down or went up. Curtis is awesome and generous with his time and talents, those kids will always remember this and can brag a little that they went up in a "ship" ( the name of a helicopter).. Great post!!
I'm glad someone stayed on the ground so they could get those great pictures. How fun is that!!
That woould be so much fun!!! It looks like you had a BLAST!!!
So the real question is, why didn't you take the camera up with you so you could take pictures from the helicopter. Looks like fun, though.
Yes good to leave one parent on ground so as not to make an orphan of Luke. Hehehe, I rode on one of those in Hawaii and it was fun and scary.
Wow.. that's pretty darn cool! And you always look so good with your cute hair. :)
wow, you dare devil! I am totally chicken of small planes and helicopters. And you have some brave kids too! How fun!
How fun! I'm with you, that would have totally taken my breath away to have the window at my feet...EEK! I think I would have been screaming!
I would've loved that! Actually, I've always pretended to be a "dare devil," but I think I would've been freaking out, too...I'm kind of scared of heights!
How fun!! I can't believe that Devon was too scared - what's up with that?!
uh my boys went CRAZY over these pictures!! How fun.
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