We started the day out being frightened by this mysterious Power Ranger that showed up in our unit this morning!
Once we gathered our wits, we noticed that there was no wind this morning, so Evan and I ventured out for our second attempt at a helicopter launch. After a few aborted attempts, I took the controls and got the sucker climbing real good ........oh!oh! ......moving towards the building! It was way up there and the wind was making it drift towards the building (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). I killed the power, but it continued to drift and ended up landing on the roof (6 stories up!).....................damn!!!!!!!!!!!
You can barely make out the blades on the roof........
It was way up there!!
It wouldn't respond. I was pretty despondent, but managed to keep as upbeat as I could for Evan, trying to keep him from realizing what a chump his Papa was! We went back to the unit and called maintenance services, but they wouldn't go up on the roof.
Paul came back out with us and stood right beside the building and managed to get it in range and to respond. Next thing we know it comes over the edge and survives the 6 story fall!
Pogger is temporarily my hero!
We decide to give Evan a try and he does great!
Now its Pogger's turn! First attempt he gets it up and going, but drops it in the middle of the road with a truck coming! He immediately gets it to climb, but it goes so high it gets out of range and comes plummeting down and drops between two trees! Luckily it didn't get trapped at the top of the tree!
Unfortunately though, it bent the rotor shaft, so Evan's Excellent Helicopter Adventure has come to a temporary halt. Fortunately, the manual includes a parts list, so we should have it operational before helicopter weather in Canada.
The kids drove over to the pool for their last swim. I walked over to join them. After 7 weeks of being in Florida, I finally spotted my first Gator and it was a pretty good one!
Here's another shot of him with two wild turkeys behind him on the fairway.
Finally got over to Splash Lagoon where the kids were and Evan (in the picture below) and Rachel spent the entire afternoon going down the slide hundreds of times.............. should be a quiet night :)
We decided to hit Bahama Breeze for our last Florida meal. I had the excellent Mahi Mahi again. Awesome!!
We went to Menchie's nearby for dessert. The kids have one in Whitby. It was excellent!
We are now in the middle of packing for a 4:00 am departure in the morning.
We have had a wonderful 10 days, but all good things must come to an end.........
Another memorable vacation is in the books.
No comments:
Post a Comment