McKinley For The Afternoon: April 16, 2005

  • Fine Dining At The Latitude 62
    Ever the adventure-seekers they are, my parents wanted to take an afternoon off of seeing Ari to go see a little bit of Alaska. My wonderfully generous friend Chris Hodel agreed to take us up for a little flight. We flew about 45 minutes in his 206 up to the Mt. McKinley area, spent 30 minutes flying around, then stopped in Talkeetna for a walk and dinner at the Latitude 62 Restaurant. The flight back to town was only about 35 minutes. We flew a few hundred feet above the river for the first half of it, then climbed into the proper airspace before entering the pattern to land at Merrill Field.

Eddie & Jen's Wedding Weekend, San Francisco

  • Father & Bride Approaching The Hupa
    Eddie & Jen's Wedding Weekend was special in many ways: seeing a dear friend formalize the best decision of his life, bringing Ari to the town where Yael and I met, and most of all, catching up with dear friends.

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Bob--Ari is a fine young man. I'm glad you've got pics of his first flight. I remember taking young Drew on his first flight. We rode a NW 747 between Seattle and Minneapolis up front. Jeez. The kid had his own seat. Ridiculous. Set the stage for that embarrassing moment several years later when we were waiting in line to board:
"Dad, are we traveling First Class?" said Drew.
"No," I said, softly.
"WHY NOT?" he whined.
"A-a-a-a-a-g-h," I cried.

Later in his flying career, Drew made quite an "impression". So "dramatic", in fact, that I had to hold him at arm's length while everyone got out of the way as I raced to the restroom. He actually had to stand on the sink platform while I sponged him down. Christy had to hand me some new clothes through the door. Back at our "seats", the flight attendants had stripped off the cushions and stashed them in the galley, double-wrapped in thick-guage garbage bags. Whew.
It thrills me to know you've got these kinds of memories to look forward to with such a strapping, robust boy like Ari! HAHAAAA (usually I would insert my website here, y'know). HA!

Truth is the torch, but also a huge torch. Therefore, we want to go over his eyes, or even worried about being burned.

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