I'm in my second week away from K&T. If I let myself ponder it for any length of time, I'd rather go home. But I'm being the good little buddhist for the most part, and not considering much aside from that which is now.
"Training" is going well. The CIFS classes I took last week turned out to be Stuff I Knew™, but the NFS training I had today was good. I hadn't done much more than mount previously, so it was nice to get a better idea about what's going on there.
The highlights of my time here have been the weather (not too hot, not too cold, just right.), the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the glider ride with Jeremy. The Aquarium is awesome. The sharks were way cool, but the best part was seeing the Tuna. I'd never seen one swim before, and man that is one bad ass fish.
The flight was really cool. The take off was bumpy due to a 15knot headwind. But ater we got above 2,000ft, it was smooth soaring. Went over the Santa Cruz mountains between Hollister and Moss Landing (or Moss Point, I forget). There were clouds over the Monterey pennisula, but the north part of the bay was visible. Shorelines always look cool from above, and this one was no different. There weren't any good thermals, so we couldn't get too close to the bay. But got a lot of great views of the mountains.
Jeremy and I also took a drive down US1 from SF to Half Moon Bay. It's pretty cool, but it's not the OBX. :)
I hope to come back out in a few more years when Trevor is old enough. Most of the time I was in Monterey, I was thinking about how much fun it would be for him to see all that stuff. And I imagine he'd have a great time flying. We just wouldn't let his mom know. ;)
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