Sweet Hubby and I are back from a lovely trip to Portland, OR where we saw a longtime friend performing in a play. The play itself was the kind written as a catharsis for the writer, an unpleasant look at his childhood, which was dominated by a narcissistic, bullying mother. Not much fun to watch, but SH and I enjoyed seeing our friend perform. New play, new theater, so that's 2 Somethings New.
After spending the night at our friend's home, we went to the Portland indoor skydiving tunnel to try it out, something we've been wanting to do since it opened several years ago. Something New #3. We had brought our tunnel flying equipment (helmets, gloves, suits, etc), and let the tunnel staff know that we are fairly experienced after 12 years of flying. The members of the staff we interacted with were all lovely and friendly.
It was different flying in this tunnel. Although the tunnel itself is taller than the one we usually go to, the diameter is the same as ours. But the air felt quite different from the Seattle tunnel. Even the staff described the air as "mushy" near the netting. And indeed, when I flew low, it was a bit of a challenge to rise up again. But that just became part of the experience, figuring out how to fly in slightly different conditions. As we tunnel flyers often say, any flying is good flying.
SH and I enjoyed ourselves so much that we are planning to go to Portland again specifically to do some more flying in that tunnel, although, weather depending, we might also kick around the city again to see some of the sights.
All in all, an enjoyable trip, made more enjoyable by sharing it with SH. And now I'm so glad to be home for a while.
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