Up, Up and Away!

On Thursday, we had a chilled day in Ocean Beach planned.....or so I thought! In actual fact, Dan had arranged for his pilot friend to take us up in his Cessna plane on a sightseeing flight over San Diego! Wow! What a treat! Tim was in on the secret, and I was totally oblivious to their planning (what a surprise!). So after a quiet morning doing laundry and going for a short jog, we took off on what I thought was a nice afternoon drive. To my utter excitement, we arrived at a small airport, with Dan's friend Doug waiting to take us up.

Well, it was an amazing experience, and a fabulous way to end a great week in San Diego. We were in the air for 43 minutes, and did a large loop over the city and its surroundings. We flew over Miramar, the airforce base where they filmed Top Gun, and then headed for the coast. We flew down the coastline past Torrey Pines golf course, and over the top of some paragliders. Then we reached La Jolla, where Tim and I had visited earlier in the week, and flew directly over the children's beach, where all the seals hang out (pictured). Then we headed further south, and flew over the San Diego commercial airport and San Diego bay, with fantastic views of Point Loma, Coronado, and the baseball stadium, Petco Park. It was great seeing all the places we'd visited this week from the air! After that, we came inland, and Doug pointed out the Mexican border, before we headed back north to the airport, and a had very smooth landing.

It really was a great experience, and we loved every minute of it. Massive thanks to Doug for flying us, and to Dan for organising it. We won't forget it.

Of course, this shouldn't overshadow the delicious dinner Alisha made us on our return! And we rounded off a great day with a few games of pool in the evening.