You Want Me To Do What?

A couple months ago, my OH brought up something that he wanted us to do for his dad's Birthday. I told him that I wasn't too thrilled about it, but I said I would go ahead and do it, for him. He wanted it to be a surprise for his dad, which meant his dad would have no idea what we were taking him to do, until we got there. My OH found a day that would work for us, his dad, his sister and brother in-law for this "trip". On the morning of this excursion, I was not looking forward to doing what we were about to be doing, AT. ALL. I was nervous. I did.not.want.to.go.period. The phone rings. It was the "place" calling to say that our "trip" was delayed 3 hours due to weather. Lovely. That only made me want to stay home even more. The weather looked fine here, how much different could it be in the city, only about 40 miles south of us?

Once everyone arrived at our house, we loaded up in our car and hit the freeway. We figured we would go to the aquarium in the city to waste some time since our "trip" departure was delayed. I haven't been to the aquarium in years! It was so hard to take picture's, it was so crowded and everyone was in the way. Have I ever said how much I despise crowds? That is probably why I live way out in the country!

There were so many people in front of the Octopus tank, that I couldn't get any good picture's of him. He was big and really cool.



Jellyfish are so amazing, it is hard to believe that they are a living creature!



We saw many interesting fish. I have fish aquariums at home, but they are freshwater. Saltwater fish come in all shapes, colors and sizes!



Seahorses are so cool!



And of course we have seals.



Everyone was hungry, but me, so they ate at the aquarium cafe. I could not eat. My nerves were getting the better of me. We still had time to burn before our "departure", so we walked down the city streets and browsed through some stores. On our way back to the car, we saw this pretty horse giving carriage rides.



My OH's dad still has no idea where we are taking him. We ask if he has any idea at all. He said no. When we pull into the parking lot, his dad says "Oh, if I would have known we were doing this, I wouldn't have eaten as much. I thought the reason Paint Girl didn't eat was because she just wasn't feeling well". Um, yeah, I wasn't feeling well, but it had nothing to do with me being sick.



I don't like flying. I think it has to do with my fear of heights. But I tolerate it on a "bigger" plane. Now you see, we weren't going to be flying on a "bigger" plane. Nope. We would be flying on an 8 seat float plane. Yep, a float plane, with only 8 seats, can we say small? Taking off from the water, sightseeing from the sky, then landing back on the water. To be on a plane that small, that involves water takeoff's and landings, yep, a big fear, not to mention I am a little claustrophobic. I sure have a lot of "fear" issues, don't I? And to find out that my OH's dad has a fear of flying too. Hmmm....this could be very interesting.



So we go in to the airport and check in. They say that it looks like our plane is on schedule and for us to take a seat. We went out on the deck that overlooks the lake and another float plane that will be taking off with passengers to their destination. People actually commute to work in float planes, land them at this airport, go to work, then go back to the airport and fly home. All in a float plane. I sure would hate to have to do that! But I guess they wouldn't have to sit in rush hour traffic!

After waiting for half an hour or so, the guy comes out to us and says that our plane is stuck at the other airport, due to weather (seriously?), and won't make it back for our flight. Whew! But they wanted to reschedule. Lovely. So guess what I will be doing this weekend? Yep, going up in a float plane!

As we were being told about our cancellation for the day, we watched this plane head off on the water. This will be me in a couple days..........................