The Moose is back...

Hey everyone!

For those who are interested, my trip down south was EXCELLENT!!!!!

There was all sorts of mischief to be had, and thankfully, most of it did Not make it onto film.....  but it was a good time.

I spent 10 days skydiving at Eloy, Arizona.  Technically, it was only 8 days as we were rained out the first Sunday and Monday due to a major storm that blew in from nowhere on Saturday.  But we went paint balling instead.  Doc nailed me from about 5 feet away and my right arm was black from elbow to shoulder, with a matching welt on my hip.  It was really funny, and he felt bad, so I got free drinks for about 2 days...hehehe!  (yah, I milked it)  He and another guy had me pinned down behind one of the course blinds, and we were in the shoot out that never ends.  K made a suicide dash to my right, drawing my fire, which allowed Doc to out flank me on the left.  I was the only one left from my team, and there were 3 of them.  I guess I had the best hiding place.  C'est La Vie.

I made 2 hot air balloon jumps (one from 6000 ft, and one from 5500 ft), a high altitude jump from 21400 ft, 2 jumps from a sky van-back flip out from 15000 ft, a jump from a WW2 DC3 (very cool), and about 30 other jumps that ranged from solo adventures to 3 way + jumps.  It was GREAT!  

There was only one minor catastrophe, in that I got caught in a wind storm (Saturday) under canopy and landed a little over a mile from the DZ, got yanked off my feet, and dragged on my back through a farmers field for about 300 yards.  (I felt really bad for wrecking his crops) By the time I finally got back onto my knees and was trying to get the canopy under control, the guys had found me and came to the rescue.  Thank goodness for that, I was so sore and played out, all I wanted was a hot bath and my bed!  (I didn't even pack my chute, one of the guys did it for me)  We were already deploying on the jump run when all the planes got grounded due to the storm.  Needless to say, it was a little freaky.  In spite of that, I had a really great time once the weather cleared up (there was a cheer in the bar when the weather person announced clear skies and light winds for Tuesday).  

I can't wait for spring and our home DZ to open up again.  In the mean time my pals and I are trying to keep ourselves entertained here on the ground.  

Work has been incredibly busy, and is finally slowing down.  Life goes on and time just speeds past.  But I haven't forgotten about all of you and just wanted to drop a note to let you know how it's going.

Take care 

Moosetracks out.