Parasailing

So one of things on my "bucket list" was to go parasailing and this week I was able to cross it off my list.  We are spending the week at a beach house in the Outer Banks, North Carolina with Becca's family.  Not to far down the road was a place to go parasailing.  So Seth, Jess, Liza, Doug, Becca and I left all the kids with Grandma (thanks grandma) and went to the parasailing place.   Doug (Becca's dad) and Liza (Becca's sister) went first. Soon after getting up in the air, the captain brought them back in, we thought it was kind of a short ride, but he informed us that the boat wasn't feeling right and he didn't want risk the boat breaking down while someone was in the air.  He thought it was the oil filter. So the captain and the first mate got into another boat and went back to get an oil filter, after replacing the oil filter, Doug and Liza went back in the air, but again came back down after a small ride.  The captain said the boat still didn't feel right, so we rescheduled for the next day.

I was a little dissapointed at first, but the next day was a better day, there was more wind and the sky was clearer.  This time the boat was fine and we all got up in the air. Seth and Jess (Becca's brother and sister-in-law) went first and they went 1200 feet.  On the way back down from the air the captain dips the 

parasailers in the water.  While Seth and Jess were in the water I told the captain to make sure he dragged them.  He dragged them for a little bit.  Then it was Becca and my turn.  We went 900 feet.  Because I had told the captain to drag Seth and Jess, the captain dipped us in right away, even before we went up. Once up it was very peaceful.  And we could see pretty far with the clear skies.  On the way back in we were dipped and dragged again.  Next it was Doug and Liza's turn.  They went 600 feet.

Overall all it was a fun time. And I would defenelty do it again.  Maybe I will do it in Hawaii.  Now I just have to do Hang Gliding and parachuting.