Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Daddy and I are taking the hot air balloon ride that you kids got us...this Wednesday evening. Pray for fabulous weather. We are very excited. Thank you all very much. We will take pictures, of course. It all depends on wind and good weather. Give you an update after we take pictures. We are suppose to be there at 6:00PM. Hugs, Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 I can't believe I sent this to RISG! So sorry! Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Connie, Have a fabulous time! I did a balloon ride over Lake Tahoe with my 3 best friends last October on a trip to celebrate my retirement... it was one of my best experiences ever. I can't wait to do it again (getting my artificial knee up and into the basket wasn't much fun, though--it took a lot of pushing and pulling!) I know you will have a blast. Pat Grannyof9@... wrote: I can't believe I sent this to RISG! So sorry! Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 No problem Connie Your kids on the RISG List Re: Balloon ride I can't believe I sent this to RISG! So sorry! Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks a lot, . :-) We will just pray for the Mountain to be moved. On the other hand, mountains (without spiritual intervention) takes something like an earthquake to be moved...so I'll forego that prayer for now. We know it can be a little risky....but what a way to go. I'm a little concerned for my 84 year old husband...he is a little slower paced than I am. We read where a couple of times this outfit in Asheville...have gone down in some unusual places...a lake, a neighborhood street with electric wires on one side. If we can't live a little dangerously, life would not be as exciting. We have mountains all around us, so what happened to you could be a possibility. So now you know how to pray for us. Sincerely, Connie (PS....I'd take this over and above a parachute jump anyday! Thrills like that....I'll keep for you. Hugs, Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 WE WANT A BUNCH OF PICS OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please? I know this is sort-of out of text for what we're here for but I would love to see any pictures you could share with me. You can send them directly to my e-mail if you desire. _McGEEtown@..._ (mailto:McGEEtown@...) or _Marmcg8@..._ (mailto:Marmcg8@...) . I've loved flying all my life. Send me all pics if you could. Thanks Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 YES DAVE I DO LOVE TO FLY!!!!!!!!! I jumped @ age 17 from a C-130 aircraft .Former Airborne Ranger here. 1978 it was. Seems like yesterday. Oh well, time flies when your havin fun! It would probably kill me now. Sometimes I miss those days. But... God found me and I lost that LUST that soldiers have about what they do.. (or dont do). They took all my license's as well. A & P with avionics ticket and solo license. Bummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad your doing better. Hope it continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 i had a balloon ride once. we crashed into a mountain. james Grannyof9@... wrote: Daddy and I are taking the hot air balloon ride that you kids got us...this Wednesday evening. Pray for fabulous weather. We are very excited. Thank you all very much. We will take pictures, of course. It all depends on wind and good weather. Give you an update after we take pictures. We are suppose to be there at 6:00PM. Hugs, Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2006 Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hey Marty We share the same love, FLYING. After a couple of hundred hops out the back of perfectly servicable aircraft, I took the plunge and took up flying so I could enjoy the round trip. Got a lot of quality time in different aircraft and loved it all. My licence was taken away after my first attack of Atrial Fibrillation and because of medication I can never pilot an aircraft again, not even one with training wheels. Well, only took two and a half days but I have finally gotten the pain in my big toes down to a dull roar. It has been so bad that I have had to wear a slipper on my left foot to run a couple of errands today. Fr. Dave ,_._,___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Connie - no problem - I was happy to see one of us doing something fun like this! Thx for the mistaken post - I loved it! - > > I can't believe I sent this to RISG! So sorry! Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Hi Connie, It's ironic to hear you say you live in Asheville, I spent a week there last month. I had been camping in the Smoky Mt. National Park 15 years ago when I discovered Maggie Valley, and I knew that I would have to return some day. Of course, it was still as beautiful as I remembered. My wife and I spent an afternoon touring the Biltmore House, and gardens. In another irony, it was the first time I used a wheelchair, and I hated it. I really envy your location; I live in suburban Detroit and I leave town every chance I get. I can't imagine what those mountains will look like from a balloon. Have Fun! Harv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Harv, you probably went right by our cabin. It is just off the BlueRidge P arkway. We love Asheville's quiet and slow life. We hardly see anyone outside of store clerks, dining out and have come to love this hermit like of life. Our cabin is comfortable, small for entertaining all our kids/grandkids, but we put out foam matts and the sleep on any space they can find, Our view is better than any of the views from the parkways turnoffs...with an old white church with tall steeple in the valley. We live 3200 feet above Asheville itself. However, we live just 12 minutes to markets, doctors/hospitals, but you would never know it. We see no houses that are around us since they are hidden by the forest trees. I never have to worry about my appearance...do my gardening many times in my night gown. We have bears that cross our front porch, turkeys that I can personally feed from my hand...and birds, birds, birds that have come to feed with me just a few feet from my feet. A few years ago, we came back in the Spring and had about a dozen flying squirrels that had hibernated and ate our birdseed that was stored in a closet. What a sight that was. There were squirrels scrambling all over the house/upstairs/downstairs. Then just a couple of weeks ago...my husband heard my loud screams from downstairs. Just in front of me there was a snake right a T my feet that looked like he was ready to strike. Now, don't laugh. While my husband held his middle body with a sponge mop, I ran up and got the biggest knife we had...ran down and from on top of a sofa table, I reached down and cut his head off! No one ask me to do that again...I don't know how I was able to flex my body enough to do that. I screamed for ten minutes afterwards...and my knees shook another two hours. I now know what TSS is (traumatic stress syndrome). I dream of that snake, I see him over and over again....even day light hours. He is around every table, sofa, corner, closet, drawers, and TOILET. At least my mind sees him there. Still wouldn't trade this life for anything else. You get very close to nature and enjoy the blessings that God has given us all. Simple leaf changes, the colors, the sky/clouds, the birds, crickets, hawks and eagles. They've become my friends. Best regards, Connie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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