For today’s video, I’m just referencing an episode that I released yesterday for my podcast, The Student Pilot Cast. This is a flight that Crystal and I took (separately, since it only has two seats) in Hana, Hawaii on Maui back in the summer of 2007. It was one of the best vacations that we have ever taken, and this, at least for me, was one of the highlights of that trip.
I hope you enjoy SPC Video #4, Flying Over Hana. Let me know what you think.
I’m including the video here, but for the original post on the podcast site, you can go here.
Well, I did another triathlon last weekend, the SGTRI. Actually, while a different race, it was the same venue from my first full tri which got cancelled due to weather after the swim. This time wind and waves got the swim start delayed, and then cancelled as well. I’m not having good luck at this venue. So, the race organizers turned it into a run-bike-run event. It turns out this was a really hard course, both the bike an the run. They were much harder than I had expected. I bombed on the last run, but finished, so I guess that’s something.
I did the tri with my friend, Matt, and my brother, Cory. Matt lives here in Mesa and Cory lives in Park City, UT. Matt and I had planned on having me fly us up to St. George, UT, where the event was. That would turn an 8 or so hour drive into a 2 hour flight. Then my brother asked if I could come pick him up near Park City…so of course, I agreed. After dropping Matt and our gear off at St. George Airport (KSGU), I got back in the plane and flew up to Provo, UT (KPVU) and picked up my brother. Then we both flew back to Hurricane, UT (1L8) where our rental home was as well as the actual triathlon (Hurricane is about a 20 minute drive from St. George). Matt and I got to fly over the western edge of the Grand Canyon both ways. Here are a couple of pics from that.
We stayed in a great house that was only a couple of miles from the start of the race, so we were able to ride our bikes in on the morning of the tri…no parking or waiting in long car lines necessary. It was great! My friend, Jen, from high school and her husband, Marcello, drove up from their home in Las Vegas to cheer us on and take some great photos.
We had a great time. I wasn’t happy with my performance, but that just gives me some additional motivations in my training…I’ll improve for next time. Even so, I got to hang out with a lot of great people, got to race in a triathlon, and got to do a lot of flying! A great weekend, indeed, despite Sandy Hill.
I dedicated a daily flip video to the experience. It’s a little long for a daily flip, but I hope you enjoy it.
Matt and I are competing in the St. George Triathlon this Saturday, May 9th, so today’s daily flip was a nice easy training ride we took yesterday. I’m not as prepared for this tri as I was for my last one (physically), but I think mentally I’m even more prepared. No matter, it should be fun.
I’m flying Matt and I up to the event on Friday and flying home on Sunday in the Skylane. We were lucky enough to be able to rent a home very close to the Tri venue and not too far from the small GA airport that we will be flying into in Hurricane, UT. Should be pretty convenient.
Enjoy today’s daily flip of Matt and I goofing around on the bikes, enjoying the outdoors, and generally having a fun ride with very little pain. That’s a first for a while. Some of it is jumpy when I was doing a point of view charging down a hill in the wind…but that’s what it feels like on the bike sometimes…so I left it in.
Today’s daily flip comes from the weekend warrior files. For the second weekend in a row, my wonderful wife, Crystal, has organized a softball game for a big group of our friends. Today, for some reason, both Crystal, and later myself, both had our quads start to seize up on us. Is it a sign of age? Crystal and I are both fairly active. She plays racquetball and works out at the gym all the time. I’ve been training for a triathlon. Still, though, lately playing softball and spending an hour at the batting cages recently seems to be taking a toll on us. As it turns out, we’re not alone. Many of our compadres were feeling a little stiff tonight during and after the game. Maybe we are just getting old…who knows? One thing I do know, though, is that once your at the field, pain or not, there’s no NOT playing…so there we all were, having a blast.
We got some Gyro’s from George’s before the game, and Todd and Rachel broke out donuts afterwards for Todd’s birthday. Also, a lot of fun softball under the lights in between. I hope you enjoy today’s flip video.
