Tag: hang gliding

  • Harris beach trip

    We went to the Outer Banks with the extended Harris family – 24 people if I recall correctly. Most of the time was spent doing 1 of 3 things: playing in the ocean, chilling in the hot tub, or eating yummy seafood.

    We only had one semi-bad weather day and it was 75, a little windy, with water temps of 68-69. Parker was the only kid who stayed in the ocean pretty much all day – like all the other days. I think he’s got some Polar bear in him.

    On Thursday we went to Jockey’s ridge for a hang gliding lesson. That was super cool! On the way home from the beach we stopped at a water park. They had all kinds of fun stuff including slides, a dueling obstacle course, flow rider, and a climbing wall.

    After last summer we now have a tradition of stopping for waffles for lunch in Richmond on the way home. Last year we went to Capital Waffle and this year we went to the Granby Waffle Shop.

  • Hang Gliding

    Over Memorial Day weekend we went to Painter, Virginia for a hang gliding lesson and to attend family camp at Silver Beach.  Hang gliding was awesome!  We went up to 4,000 feet and I got to fly the glider for most of the ride.

    A glider will pull several G’s, they fall apart at 6 G’s.  Good to know 😉

    Skylar and Parker enjoyed riding on the golf cart and playing with the guys who run the facility.  After I landed Skylar asked when it was going to be her turn…