Halloween at the DZ

Paul & Jenn held their annual Halloween event at the DZ this year.... They had a lot going on and expected to be very busy so we went down to help out. Allie and I checked people in, handed out t-shirts and sold jump tickets. David took photos of the jumpers and the costume party Saturday night. Emily worked hard - Saturday and Sunday loading one of the planes. She and Jack did a great job making sure everyone was accounted for and in place before each plane took off.

Allie taking a little break to do some pumpkin carving.

In addition to the normal tandem and fun jumpers they had a special 50 way event going on. It was really neat to see all 50 landing at once.....

Jenn having fun!

The best costume was this alien.... He was so realistic he scared the crap out of Allie.

Yes this is a costume and not one of the actual jumpers....

Can't have a party without a few drinks

A great time was had by ALL!!!!

We didn't go splat!!!!!!!!!!

We headed out for another fun fillws weekend of camping but decided to spice it up a bit this time.... A few of us went skydiving.

The weather did not look like it was going to cooperate Saturday morning as we woke up to rain, but we actually lucked out and were able to skydive after all!!

The weather cleared and the wind died down just in time for our 1 pm check-in at Skydive San Marcos. David, Eric, Jared, Markus & I were all up for the challenge. Felisha, Lisa & all the kids were there cheering us on from the ground.

David was so nervous and really did not want to do it, but he was a real trooper.

We were all a little nervous as we got on our gear and went through instructions with our tandem masters.

The plane was really the scariest part. The anticipation of the door opening and then jumping out really made my stomach a little queasy. But man was it worth it!!! It was amazing! There is really no way to explain how great it was except to say “you’ve got to experience it!”

As it turned out David absolutely LOVED it and wants to do it again soon!!!!

The "gang" right after our jump from 11,500 foot! We all had a blast! Eric, Markus, Me, David & Jared

After the jump we celebrated back at the campground with some great steaks. It was a fun way to celebrate our bravery (or stupidity depending on who you talk to)!

We even had a little visitor that helped himself to some of the leftovers in the trash that night.