Soaring Over California

I have not blogged in a long time, all summer in fact. Two days ago I had the opportunity to go flying with my Uncle Arron. My mom told me that I would have to blog about it. Since he is a Scout Master Uncle Arron brought a blue card so we could start and hopefully finish the Aviation Merit Badge. One of the requirements is to write about a flight you took. Guess what?! Blogging about it counts as recording the flight.
    Uncle Arron picked me up at nine thirty Wednesday morning and we drove to the Placerville Airport. We were flying for and with his business partner Guy who owns an ash scattering company. If you ever need to have some ones cremated remains scattered you can check out his web site here I came home having touched a couple dead people.
    It was a lot of fun. Bryson couldn't come, because 1) the bags of ash were heavy and the plane had a wheight limit and 2) we would have had to ride with heavy bags of ash on our lap since it was only had four seats. First we headed for Lake Tahoe. I had never seen it before. The water was beautiful with all the different shades of water. Then we turned around and started towards the ocean. I was able to see my house, the Cameron Park Airport, the air park, Cameron Park Lake, Costco and the Temple. it was fun to see what they all looked like from several thousand feet in the air.
    Then we stopped for gas in Peteluma. I really liked the pilots lounge, partly because I got a brownie.
When we got to the ocean we actually flew over it and I consider that leaving the continent. Then me and Guy traded spots so that I was in front and he was in back so he could scatter ashes better. Uncle Arron let me fly the air plane a little. Then we turned towards home. Guy had brought a little cooler with a whole bunch of snacks in it so I didn't have to spend the twenty dollars that my mom had given me. After we landed and while we drove home me and Uncle Arron finished almost all the requirements for the merit badge. By writing this I've completed the badge.

The water was awesome.

I really liked the little indent in the mountain.

This is a picture of Cameron Park. You can see the airport, the air park and Cameron Park Lake.

This was from over the ocean. You can't see it, because it is covered in clouds.

This is from when I was up front.

On the top of the closest mountain those two white dots are observatories.

   

Riding Around

On Friday we went to the skate park. It was lots of fun to go and ride around.

Bryson and I brought our bikes. Catherine brought her plazma bike. Some of our friends were there to. There were some scary moments when I crashed, but I was OK. In one of the bowls I liked to ride in there is a spot where if you hit it at the right angle you go air born. One of the walls went extra high. It was loads of fun to ride down.

David was really cute on his little choo-choo train. He had lots of fun with his best friend Michael.