Take Flight!

So far, life in the Kootenays has been treating me well. Yesterday was no exception! My friend Thor took me up in his Cessna for a flight around the Kootenays. This was only my second time in a small plane and I fared much better this time for sure. (Danny, Thor said it must have had something to do with the pilot, but I will admit to having taken some ginger preemptively.)
I even got to fly the plane, or at least Thor lead me to believe I was flying it - I assume he had it under control the whole time. We did a couple of Zero G's - in which you experience weightlessness. At one point I had a plastic water bottle in my hand which floated up. I tapped one end of it, and it started spinning in mid air. There's a fun video on YouTube that shows the same concept with a dog. (don't worry, they don't spin him!) Check out the link.

Although it was quite smokey in the area from the forest fires (as you can see in the photos) it was still an amazing way to spend a Thursday afternoon. You can check out all the pictures in my Kootenay Flight set on my flickr site. Thanks again Thor!