The Wild Wild Wests: Christmas in July... Riding in a Helicopter!!

Something that Heath has always wanted to do is ride in a helicopter! One thing that I've always wanted to do is go scuba diving! When we were engaged we planned our honeymoon to Jamaica and we were going to get to go scuba diving (didn't happen because of the weather but someday :) so I decided for Christmas I'd get Heath a gift certificate to ride in a helicopter so we'd both get to do something we've always wanted to. We had that gift certificate on our fridge since we got married and kept talking about when we wanted to go. We decided we wanted to wait until it was prettier and nicer weather so finally once summer hit I called and made a reservation. We were supposed to go at about 7. We got there and it was sprinkling and the sky looked pretty ugly. It was up in Bountiful so we didn't just want to reschedule so we waited out the storm. We had a few hours to spend with the helicopter guys. They were really nice and kept saying they thought pretty soon the storm would be over us and it would be perfect weather. We waited so long they even ordered dinner for us from Cafe Rio! Yummy! Just before our food got there the weather cleared and we decided we'd go up while it was clear.

It was SO fun! We ended up going up right before sunset so we got to see the beautiful sunset up in the sky and then see the city lights at night. It was such a cool feeling to just hover up in the sky. When the helicopter takes off it's nothing like an airplane. It's smooth and then you're suddenly just up in the air. We flew over bountiful - saw Lagoon and then had a really cool view of the temple. He took us up by the mountain past the temple and then came in sideways over the temple. It was a gorgeous view! The sunset was beautiful too! And it was fun to be up there once it got dark too because Heath and I have spent a lot of time up on the top of mountains looking at the city lights - in Albuquerque and Provo. It was such a fun night - I'm so glad we waited because it was perfect weather then and the perfect flight! And we got dinner out of it! :) We didn't get home until about 10 or 11 but it was worth it! Heath loved it too - which made me so happy! He can check that off his list of things to do... the next thing he's trying to convince me to do is Skydive... Ah! :) We'll see if that happens. He's working hard on it. I love him! Merry Christmas in July Babe!