i had the most amazing fall break! we only had friday off but do to some unplanned weather we missed monday and tuesday as well. :) we took two airplanes, i was sharing hours with matt and tyson was our instructor, and james and mark were in the other plane with tony. i took off out of logan to st george, which was kind of a boring flight other than the fact we saw 3 f16's! landing in sgu is kinda weird too cause it is up on a bluff, but it was a good landing. we ate at in-n-out,of course! then i flew to san diego! such an awesome approach! there was the prettiest sunset and we flew right past the city and all the buildings and right over this parking garage, i felt so close to it! but we landed towards the ocean and i had the best landing! probably the best landing i've ever had! we parked and watched airplanes land for a bit. (side note...small airplanes park at FBO's=flight based operations, where pilots can hang out and flight plan and all that good stuff) we spent the night in san diego hanging out downtown, went to this restaurant called dick's, so weird. haha. it was soo foggy. luckily the fog was gone in the morning, so matt took off to santa barbara which was the coolest flight! we flew right along the coast, over john wayne and and lax. there were planes crusing all around us and we're just so little! matt did a vor approach into sba and we hung out at the fbo there for a while. then i flew into oakland and did an ils approach which is what you do when there are clouds and you can't visibly see the runway, so i was only using instruments until i was right above the runway. good landing there too. oakland is kinda ghetto and due to a series of unfortunate events we ended up eating in okland and having to walk 2 miles home..ha what an adventure. we saw a skunk! freaked me out. haha the hotels are a little cramped, 6 people in one room! my instructor is crazy, just quoted ms swan the entire time! the next day we went into downtown san fran and watcched the sea lions forever and then finally got back to the fbo where we spent a few hours cause there was weather so we couldn't get out...we finally got a hotel and headed to bed. the next day we got up and went back to the fbo and spent a few hours there, the people were so nice, gave me a free delta key chain, made us cookies, and we ate hot chocolate and watched tv. finally we took the courtesy car to the mall and ate lunch and shopped a bit. back to the fbo for a few hours..haha sucky weather. we took the car again and the boys got hair cuts and we went back to san fran and drove across the golden gate bridge and cause this one place we wanted to eat ended up being closed...we ate at a vegan restaurant ha, interesting, but wasn't too bad. we saw the ms doubtfire house! we went back to the hotel and sleppt. next day we got up and finally had good weather and we were able to take off. matt flew to elko nevada, they kept isolating me so they could talk without me hearing and it was making me so mad cause i knew they were talking about me! so frustrating!! the fbo in elko was super nice, and finally we took off to logan where we had an alternator failure over wendover! it was awesome...but we had enough battery to get us to logan. even though we couldn't turn the lights on and had to turn the radios off and yell to each other haha. it seriously was the best weekend! 3 days weekend turned into 5! so great! i had so much fun and the boys are so funny and we just had the best time!
"take chances, take a lot of them.
because honestly, no matter where you end up
and with who, it always ends up just the way it
should be. your mistakes make who you are.
you learn and grow with each choice you make.
everything is worth it. say how you feel always,
be you and be okay with it."
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