This year I had circled September 28 on my calendar. Finally, a bucket list wish would come true: Hang gliding!!!
Mom was a pilot in WWII and flying has always fascinated me. Don’t know that the machinery of an aircraft is for me but floating through the sky is something I have dream of doing.
I was slated to go with friend and fellow speaker, Owen Morse. Owen is the other half of The Passing Zone, an amazing duo of jugglers, speakers and entertainers. Watch their video!
On a shared ride from a conference, I discovered that Owen is also a record-setting hang glider. In fact, his huge purple glider hangs in the Orange County Airport, along with a plaque proclaiming his ten-hour flight down the Owens Valley (no relation!)
YAHOOOO! We picked the date. I was to meet him in San Bernardino, in the national forest mountains.
Alas—the fires that broke out a month ago have made San Bernardino National Forest off limits until at least December.
Sigh. Owen assured me that we would pick another date.
Here is my lesson: it is now up to me to be the squeaky wheel. Taking me hang gliding is not in his top-of-the-charts goals. So, it’s now up to me to persist.
I’ll keep you posted. Up, up and away!
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