Thursday, April 2, 2009

I'M DONE WORKING FOR DELTA










Well everything good must come to an end every now and then. I officially retired from Delta airlines as of April 1, 2009 and finished school on March 27, 2009. So that means that I am going to have lots of free time to work on my house, yard, family activities, and of course travel around the world because I still get to have my travel benefits for the rest of my life. My "honey do" list is a few years long and I am going to start a few hobbies to keep me busy. Since I love to fly in airplanes I have decided to get my private pilots license so if you see a small plane buzz your house don't worry it is only me. I am also getting back into photography and have a brand new professional digital SLR camera so I will be wanting to take your pictures so I can learn how to use it and you can post them on your blogs.

Here are a few pictures of me out on the ramp at the airport on my last day getting to do a few of the things that I am going to miss a lot. One of my favorite things that I got to do out at Delta was driving the planes that were parked away from the gates and driving them back to the gates. The picture of me in the Boeing 757 was the last time I will get to drive one of these babies. Talk about a rush I wish that I could have taken one of them for a little spin around the Salt Lake valley and if I would have buzzed your house then you would have lost your roof. But all good things must come to an end and so I will have to close the book and now open another.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Hanging in Hawaii







Well it has been a while since I last updated my blog so I thought that I would say a few words about our last trip to the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. Maui No ka oi which means Maui is the best. Our trip was to get away from the winter blues and enjoy the beautiful environment and warm sun of Maui. If you have never been then you need to plan a trip and go to Maui and taste the sweet pineapple and fabulous sunsets in a wonderful tropical location. Both Kathryn and I along with some really great friends "the Saunders" spent a week on the island of Maui basking in the warm sun and enjoying the weather of about 74 degrees average. It rained only one day and the rest of the week was absolutly beautiful. We went scuba diving during the day and at night and saw all kinds of interesting sea creatures. We went on a whale watching/snorkleing trip for about 5 hours and saw all kinds of whales and other kinds of wildlife and even swam about 20 feet above a reef shark.

One of the highlights of the trip was swimming in the 7 pools by Hana at the state park. the waterfalls were fantastic and the ocean is so pretty in the background.