Daddy Daughter Day

Today, I had a date with my dad. He took me to the airport and we went on a scenic tour around Hampton Roads. Obviously, he wasn't the pilot. :)

When we were on our way, the people called and asked if they could push back our time a half an hour because of plane difficulties. Uh oh. We said yes {as if we had a choice} and ended up getting there an hour early. It was far away, so we couldn't turn around and go home or anything. We pulled into the parking lot, parked the car, and sat for a second. Next thing I know, my dad had his Nook out with the volume all the way up playing Angry Birds. He's so cool. 

We finally went in and got everything squared away and walked out to the plane with our pilot. It was a jumper plane, no doubt. In fact, I think it may have been the smallest plane out there. The size was the thing my dad was most worried about, so that didn't help the situation. :) Anyway, we got in and buckled up and Mike {the pilot} gave us the run down on if we have to evacuate during the flight. It was somewhat nerve-wracking, but it got worse. The plane wouldn't start. The propeller wouldn't kick in until after atleast 12 tries. All I could think of was how we were going to get in the air and everything was going to shut off. That's when I got scared. :P I sat in the front with him so I got a picture of how it looked. It was incredibly tight, so it's not too great of a shot. 

We were finally up about 1000 feet when he reached across me and said in a very serious voice, "Your door isn't shut." What?! He opened the window to hold onto the door and my dad grabbed the door too. He told me to lift the handle. Lift the handle. At this point, we were flying sideways {the side my door was on} over an open field and going down. Eventually, it was locked down and we survived. From that point on, everything went more smoothly. You could see everything from up there. The houses and trees looked liked little Leggo pieces that were just placed down. It wasn't the first time I had flown, but I had never gone on the kind of ride where they take you up specifically to show you everything around. It was quite fantastic. 

I don't know why, but it won't rotate. 

Other than the fact that I was getting motion sickness, it was a good ride. It was cool to be able to point out different things and really see how the Tidewater area is so close together. Going flying is certainly not an everyday opportunity, but I'm glad we got to go. :)