My First Skydive!

There's a little something you probably don't know about me. I'm a thrill seeker. An adrenaline junkie. And I like to do things that others don't do! Haha! If there's a roller coaster around put me on it. Any kind of theme park...I'm in! And I'm ALL IN. I love it!

I've wanted to skydive for many, many years. Since I can remember. I always said I would wait until our children are grown just in case. But, you know what, over the last year or so I changed my mind.

My birthday was April 1st and I found a place that you can skydive at the beach(Skydive the Gulf) so I booked it for the day before! It was booked for 10am and we got there at about 9:30. My Dad was jumping with me and Josh and the kids came to watch! The tandem jumpers were sitting outside waiting for us to arrive! I quickly signed a waiver(lol) and watched a training video. After that I was harnessed up and walking to the plane! It was about a 13 minute ride up to the altitude we were jumping. I just sat there and enjoyed the view! I really enjoyed seeing how pretty the water was. I was never nervous or scared at all. The staff was incredible and I felt completely safe! When the pilot was ready for us to jump he reached across me and unlocked the door! The guy I was jumping with, Luke, reached up and opened the door! The wind hit me in the face and I thought, "Holy crap!"hahahaha! The next thing I had to do was put my feet outside the plane on this little step. That was the hardest part of the entire experience just because HELLO! haha! Once I did that Luke did the rest. The next thing I knew we were plummeting 120+mph towards the earth! We fell about 30 seconds until it was time to open the parachute! After that we just glided around in the air. He taught me how to manuver the parachute to go different directions and showed me if you pull it really fast you can fly around fast! Fun, fun, fun! Once we made our way down to the ground we landed safely on our feet! There was a girl there to meet us, she was videoing. She asked me how I felt and I responded, "like I need to do it 5 more times!"

Soooooo, I think I have found a new hobby! I'm jumping again at the end of the month with my brother in law and Dad again. We are jumping in Cullman. Then I'll be jumping again not too long after that with Skydive the Gulf again...because you can jump at sunset and land ON THE BEACH. Hello. Please and thank you.

Here's a few of the pics...