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More Memorial Weekend Pictures

Here are some more highlights of the trip from my cute little camera!

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Building with Nana.

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Grampa paying bills. what? you’re on VACATION!

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blowing bubbles is always fun!

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Riding on Grampa’s shoulders.

We had so much fun on this trip! Ava was a dream during the very looooong car ride (thanks to Nana and all the fun toys she brought along). Grampa knew about all the dams we passed, we even stopped at one for a nice break. I can’t remember the name of the dam… but here are a few pics.

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Ava watching the Salmon go up the fish ladder.

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Ava and Daddy coming back down from the dam viewing area.

And speaking of great toys that Nana brought along.. a bird book was Ava’s very favorite!! At first we looked at all the different birds and discussed their features. Then it turned into a rhythmic story that Ava read over and over (in the video below) and now it has evolved into a story about 2 mourning doves named Eeny and Enna. This book goes everywhere with Ava, even to bed.
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brag time!
I think Scott will be pretty embarrassed that I mentioned this because he’s so humble, but I must brag about my awesome husband. While in Quincy, word got out on what a skilled and professional pilot Scott is. The president of the powered parachute club approached Scott and asked him if he would consider becoming a Certified Flight Instructor! I just think this is so cool because there were over 50 pilots there and for them to recognize Scott’s talent and single him out is pretty amazing.

Memorial Day PPC Rally in Quincy, WA

My parents were nice enough to go with us to the little town of Quincy, WA for the Memorial Day Powered Parachute Rally. We had a fun and relaxed weekend of lounging, camping, and flying. Over 50 machines and pilots attended, and many of the locals came out as well to see what it was all about.

Here’s Dad and me flying over camp
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Scott and Jenn after a quick afternoon flight
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Our camp site
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Ava loved spending all this time with Nana
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Ava and Mommy
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Just hanging around camp
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Ava playing with her pinwheel
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Ava flying a kite for the first time
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Me teaching Dad how to fly a kite
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Farley and Beacon had fun
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My Mom after landing on her SECOND flight
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Captain Ava getting ready to fly
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Me trying out a land sail
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Here’s a view from the sky of all the campers
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Dad and Scott coming in to land after an evening flight.
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Memorial Day Powered Parachute Rally

Jenn, Ava, and I left last Friday and drove 6 hours to an area near Pasco, Washington to attend the Memorial Day PPC Rally. There was a good turnout and it was lots of fun. The weather was pretty good, with great flying conditions most mornings and evenings. At times there were probably 40 PPCs in the air, flying all around the area. Ava loved watching all the aircraft flying around.

The camping was on a sod farm, which turned out to be great for Ava. She could walk all around the area in bare feet, and not hurt her feet or get dirty since it was all perfectly cut grass.

I took over 200 pictures, you can view the entire gallery by visiting www.scottandjenn.com/cpg/thumbnails.php

Here’s a couple of my favorite pics:

 

This is the setting, a very large sod farm surrounded by farm land. People camp in trailers and RVs during the fly-in.

 

Lots of fun watching everyone flying around

 

A beautiful evening brought everyone out to fly till sunset

 

 

Ava and I walking back to the trailer

 

Lots of varieties of chutes to look at and identify different pilots and aircraft

 

 

Ava "flying" our PPC back to the trailer after I got back from a flight. She will be a great pilot!

 

Clyde Poser brought his weight-shift trike out, it was a lot of fun to watch!

 

Here’s me shortly after takeoff:

 

 

Me flying my kite when it was too windy to fly:

 

Ava with her flight cap on, waiting for the day she can go up

 

 

Jenn and Ava sitting at the table by our camp

 

 

Ava and I swinging around:

 

Trike shortly after takeoff

 

Me doing my engine warmup and preflight

 

Ava and I watching an aircraft fly by

 

 

"Can I take it up, Dad?"