So the last post on the Car Show gave a little preview of the coolest thing ever. . . My boys and I got to go up in a helicopter! The wonderful organizers of the Car Show brought out the folks from KC Copters to give people the unique opportunity of seeing our town from a bird's eye view! Three could go at a time, and since Daddy said he never cared to go in a helicopter ever again (after we'd flown over glaciers in Alaska in 2004), it looked like a great JM&MB experience! We took off from the high school, right in front of the gym -- how cool is that?!?
I loved how the boys were ducking from the huge whirling blades, as if they were anywhere near tall enough to hit them.
When we realized that there were no door on this helicopter, the boys were super excited for the extreme adventure. . . Mom, on the other hand, was a little freaked out! ("But we are buckled in, Mom!")
In no time, we had our head sets on, and had lift off! There are little-bitty Daddy, Evelyn, and Violet watching from in front of the school.
Aren't they cute in their headsets? And isn't it a little freaky how there are NO DOORS?!?
Our pilot said he'd been flying for 10 years, which made me feel better. I didn't want to have to figure out what all of these controls meant!
He took us a loop around down town, which was so cool! I loved seeing all of the activity with the Car Show going on. The boys loved waving great big outside of the chopper, and trying to hang out since there were no doors and all. This is the view looking northeast.
And this is the view looking back to the south.
After circling downtown, we headed toward our house, passing the elementary school on the way.
It was crazy how fast we made it to our house! I loved being able to see Virginia's huge pond in the background.
We circled around our house and got a good view from every angle.
If you look closely, you can see the shadow of our helicopter on the house by the garage.
Of course, we passed Joy and Scott's house on our way back to town.
Back downtown, the boys thought the pool looked really cool from up here. And look at all of those cars at the Car Show!
These boys had the time of their lives. I loved listening to their non-stop chatter through the head sets. And Oliver just kept letting out squeals of delight -- it really was so awesome!
Calvin checking out the high school and the track down below.
The view looking west toward the high school:
We loved the chance to see our town and home from this angle!
And I especially loved getting to have this experience with my boys! It was definitely a "bucket list" item!!
