I didn't die!

I did the coolest thing yesterday!!! My friend in my class got his pilot licence this year and he was going for a mountain certification flight. Apparently a basic pilot's licence doen't allow you to go over any mountians...boring So he invited me to go along with him and his instructor. I jumped at the chance!

He had to go early to plan out the flight so I just slept and read in the car. Then he oriented me to the 4 person plane. Tiny thing compared to the commercial jets that I'm used to! We took off and flew through the mountains to a small town where he had to do a particularly challenging landing. He had to abort the landing once because there wasn't enough runway! I'm pretty sure my blood pressure was in the roof for that part, but I felt OK because there was an instructor on board that would take over if anything happened. Then we promptly took off again and flew over a major ski resort and circled back around to the airport. What amazing views!! We flew right over glaciers, glacial lakes and waterfalls, awesome cliffs and quite rugged terrain that you can't see by driving there.

We made it back safe and sound after an uneventful landing. So cool!
Then I came home and made dinner for a couple of my girlfriends. What a pleasant day.