We have returned

Well we made it back safe and sound from San Diego and all I have to say is, that it was AWESOME!!! Granted I was surrounded by crazy future pilots and every time a plane would land at the San Diego Airport they would have to open the sunroof and gawk at it, I have never seen so much drool in a small car as I did on this trip :) The trip itself was really fun, we stayed at a SUPER nice hotel on Coronado and when we checked out, it was kind of a sad realization that we would never be back because there is no way we could afford it :) Dane was lucky enough on Monday to go the Wild Animal Park and he loved it...we are thinking about putting this picture in Herbie's cage, so she has a friend :) He was also lucky enough to see two Padre's games and got to see Maddox pitch! His dream come true :) The rest of the week was setting up for the races. I arrived on Thursday night and we just got some dinner and called it a night. Then Friday the races started, it was the Disqualification Round where one of the pilot's (the one with the lowest score) would be eliminated. That night we went to dinner then relaxed in the sweet hot tub, that over looks the bay. The next day was the real race day. There were 4 rounds on Saturday and we woke up to a nasty storm! I was a little worried about how cold it would be and admittedly when the race started, it was bitter and was raining! Luckily enough, the storm cleared out quickly and it was good weather the rest of the day. I was able to get a front row seat with one of the guys Dane went with so I got some good pictures. I will leave some of the trip stories for the next blog but I thought I would let everyone know how much fun we had!

What?!? There are flamingos right outside....

This week my aunt Susan told me an interesting statistic, she said Americans will see more plastic flamingos in their days then they will see live ones. I think that is way true, expecially as soon as Dane and I own a house (don't worry mom, I will only put out a few so I don't bring the house value down too far :) ) Last night, Dane told me the most exciting news!!! Right outside the hotel where he's staying is a whole herd of flamingos!! He even sent me a picture to prove it! I am even more excited to flee Logan and get to San Diego then I was!! I am going to take loads of pictures and maybe even feed them :)

Red Bull

Dane left today for San Diego, he will be there until next Sunday working the Red Bull Air Races. If you don't know what it is (which I didn't until just recently), it is a pilots racing through a course. Here is the link to their website. http://www.redbullairrace.com/ I have talked to Dane a little today and he still doesn't know what he will be doing exactly but he will keep me updated and will send lots of pics :)

We're Clear for Takeoff

Sorry I have been a little bit of a slacker but last week we flew to Salt Lake for dinner! Well I guess I should say Dane's student flew us to Salt Lake but it was pretty cool. Last time I went flying with Dane was a long time ago and it kind of scared me a little, not because Dane is a bad pilot but because he pulled a little stunt called "Take my hands off the throttle and see how long until cassie freaks out", that wasn't such a fun game for me :) This time was pretty fun though, I was still nervous because it was really my first time in a little plane (I choose not to count the last time) and every little bump makes the plane go whew...but I would just look at Dane and he didn't seem to even notice the little whew so I assumed we were all good :) When we got to Salt Lake, we were landing at Salt Lake International and there was only one runway open - What!?!? Who knew an International Airport would only have one runway open but I guess they are doing maintenance on the other one. Anyway when we arrived, we are obviously a LOT smaller then the other airplanes coming in so we had to continue to circle until they gave the ok. We waited for a few 737's then landed safe and sound. We went to a delicious restaurant called Texas Roadhouse, which I would recommend to anyone who hasn't eaten there and likes bbq. As if the food isn't good enough, you can throw peanut shells on the floor and who doesn't love that? :) When we took off to head back to Logan we were in line in front of a HUGE Jetblue airplane that Dane tells me wasn't a very big one but oh man, that close up those things look HUGE!!! Everything else was smooth sailing and it was pretty fun!!