Day 10 - The day of return.
Also the day that I procrastinated on purpose. I was tired and didn't feel like posting last night.
Packed up and checked out of the hotel a bit before 11am. We drove up to a large park area with Mary and Pete, but it was packed with people, so we decided to drive up to the Flat Irons instead. It was awesome. Very few people were up there and it was quiet. Took a lot of pictures. We went up further and hiked a little bit. I got a picture of a Western Tananger. =D I've never seen one before.
Once we got back to the cars we said our goodbyes to Mary and Pete, but we still caravanned to the airport because Pete was heading back to Seattle at 3pm. Went through all the typical airport stuff and eventually got on the plane. We had Lance the Ocelot as our mascot. =D I like Frontier and their animals. Ironically their TV services do not include Animal Planet. XD
So it started pouring rain as the plane was boarded. We were already seated by the time it started. I saw some lightning and we ended up sitting for a while. We slowly taxied to where we were going to take off. Dad and I spotted a Prairie Falcon hovering in the winds. The rain stopped eventually, but there were circles of storms around the airport. We took off and went through quite a bit of turbulance. However... about 30 minutes or so into the flight we hit the worst. The plane hit an air pocket or something, but it fell. Oh yeah. Our plane fell. Obviously we recovered and go home fine, but holy hell it was scary! I got really freaked out by turbulance after that.
When my dad and I went to the Czech Republic with the band in high school we hit some bad turbulance like that where the plane fell, but it was only a little bit. It fell just long enough to get the basic sensation, but the plane recovered very quickly. The fall during our flight back from Denver was long enough to get the full feeling of free fall. That's why it was so scary. It wasn't just a big bump of turbulance it was a drop. We continued to hit bad turbulance a bit longer, but we got out of there.
The Frontier crew was fabulous again. One of the flight attendants was a drill sergeant with the suitcases and made sure to get every piece of trash from the seats. She was awesome and really kept the situation calm during the really bad part of the turbulance.
Needless to say... I'm glad to be home. However, flying is probably going to be a bit more nerve wracking for me now. *sigh* --;;
I finally got the internet and phone cancelled. w00t.
I have a lot to get done this week. I have assignments in both classes and my oral surgery. yay. --;;; I'm working on quizzes today. Next week is all about getting my paper done. I'm also going to start getting to work on my art projects.
Well, time to get to work.
Catch ya' on the flipside, mates!
~Marty / Shin~
Packed up and checked out of the hotel a bit before 11am. We drove up to a large park area with Mary and Pete, but it was packed with people, so we decided to drive up to the Flat Irons instead. It was awesome. Very few people were up there and it was quiet. Took a lot of pictures. We went up further and hiked a little bit. I got a picture of a Western Tananger. =D I've never seen one before.
Once we got back to the cars we said our goodbyes to Mary and Pete, but we still caravanned to the airport because Pete was heading back to Seattle at 3pm. Went through all the typical airport stuff and eventually got on the plane. We had Lance the Ocelot as our mascot. =D I like Frontier and their animals. Ironically their TV services do not include Animal Planet. XD
So it started pouring rain as the plane was boarded. We were already seated by the time it started. I saw some lightning and we ended up sitting for a while. We slowly taxied to where we were going to take off. Dad and I spotted a Prairie Falcon hovering in the winds. The rain stopped eventually, but there were circles of storms around the airport. We took off and went through quite a bit of turbulance. However... about 30 minutes or so into the flight we hit the worst. The plane hit an air pocket or something, but it fell. Oh yeah. Our plane fell. Obviously we recovered and go home fine, but holy hell it was scary! I got really freaked out by turbulance after that.
When my dad and I went to the Czech Republic with the band in high school we hit some bad turbulance like that where the plane fell, but it was only a little bit. It fell just long enough to get the basic sensation, but the plane recovered very quickly. The fall during our flight back from Denver was long enough to get the full feeling of free fall. That's why it was so scary. It wasn't just a big bump of turbulance it was a drop. We continued to hit bad turbulance a bit longer, but we got out of there.
The Frontier crew was fabulous again. One of the flight attendants was a drill sergeant with the suitcases and made sure to get every piece of trash from the seats. She was awesome and really kept the situation calm during the really bad part of the turbulance.
Needless to say... I'm glad to be home. However, flying is probably going to be a bit more nerve wracking for me now. *sigh* --;;
I finally got the internet and phone cancelled. w00t.
I have a lot to get done this week. I have assignments in both classes and my oral surgery. yay. --;;; I'm working on quizzes today. Next week is all about getting my paper done. I'm also going to start getting to work on my art projects.
Well, time to get to work.
Catch ya' on the flipside, mates!
~Marty / Shin~