I can fly!

My friend John Hartman has his pilot's license and has part ownership of some planes. So, he pretty much ALWAYS has the best date idea... "Hey, let's go fly to ________________ (some scenic Arizona location) and have breakfast". Well, finally, John remembered that he's never taken his good friend Spendlove flying with him. It was my turn and I chose Sedona.

Here he is prepping the plane.
I just watched because it's not like I knew anything about anything...

Modeling our lovely earphones shortly after take off:

And I titled this post "I can fly!" because I really can!

Those are MY hands controlling the plane!

John told me that after we cleared Phoenix air traffic, he would have me fly for a bit. I was thinking, "oh ok... like how little kids think they're 'driving' the car on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Sure, John... I'll 'fly'." But I really did! To the point that it kind of freaked me out a bit. He obviously kept a close eye on all the gizmos and gadgets. But if we needed to climb or descend, I took care of it. And I kept us pointed toward San Francisco Peak in Flagstaff to keep us on course! So, yes, I can fly! :)

I purposely chose for us to fly to Sedona, AZ because I LOVE driving through all the red rock beauty up there... I couldn't wait to see it from above! I'll make you stop waiting now...

Here's some of my fantastic aerial photos of Sedona:

This is after we had breakfast at the Sedona Airport. It was REALLY cold!
(For a desert rat, at least...)

On the way home, John offered to go a slightly different way so that we could fly over my house.
Here's my neighborhood:

And a close shot of my house... if you know what to look for.

See those two pools back to back off to the right side?
Ok, go two houses down from the pool on the left and that's me!

No stalkers please...

Anyway, thanks again John for a great DATE!! And yes, we're totally counting this as a date... planned for, paired off and paid for. You're the best! ;)