One thing my mother has wanted to do all her life is go skydiving. My dad surprised her at Christmas and got her a gift certificate to do a tandem jump this year. She was soooo stoked! Well, she finally scheduled her jump...and today was THE day! So we all drove out to Skydive Idaho in Star (http://www.skydiveidaho.com/) to watch my mom check off an item from her bucket list. The crew and staff are a great group of people - it was really fun just being out there!
Here are some pictures I captured today using the big lens....which doesn't get used very often.
Carter looking at one of his favorite things - an airplane!!
Before the jump
Getting all her gear on.
My parents
Her tandem jumper, Willie (or Willy, not really sure - but he's at almost 10,000 jumps)
Me and my mama
My brother was so stoked for our mom!
And so was Carter - he told us that he was going to catch Grandma when she jumped out of the plane, lol!
Please note:
Heading out to the plane.
Take-off!
10,000 feet up in the air.
And they're out!!
There is about 40 seconds of absolute free-fall....at 120 miles per hour.
The the parachute comes out at about 4,500 feet.
And Willy guides them on in to the landing field
She's clapping for more!! She said she'd go right back up in a heartbeat.
Carter running off to congratulate his grandma!
She said her heart was pounding so hard, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to breathe.
But she did it, and knocked an item off of her bucket list. This could become an expensive hobby for her!!
