Glider Rides

Once again we had a day that is becoming typical for this time of year. It was pretty slow and we had the (now) usual number of checkouts. It almost seems like we can get by with just 2 people working the front desk on weekends instead of the 3 we now have on the schedule.

Once we got off work at 3 PM we just tried to catch up on the tropical storm Isaac that is headed for the Gulf coast. It looked like it was going directly over the Sunshine Key Resort on Big Pine Key where we worked a year and a half ago. We are sure that everybody has been evacuated from the island and we are going to try to contact some of the people we worked with to get an update.

As I was grilling some chicken outside for dinner, there were a couple hang gliders coming down from the mountain behind us. I got some good shots and noticed that there were 2 people on each of the gliders. We had heard about rides that were being offered on these hang gliders and this is where they take place - behind our rig:

Josie has said that she would like to take one of those rides and we probably can get one "comped" as employees of the Lodge. She can do that while I take the pictures - just like I did when she went on the hot air balloon ride on her 50th birthday. I don't feature jumping off the side of a mountain to float down on the end of a kite, even with somebody else holding the ropes. We'll see about that...