[Vipergrün]

I had bought my oldest son a gift certificate for a tandem jump from Skydiving Perris for his birthday. He is out visiting, so today we made the trek out there to do the jump.

The anticipation of the plane ride to the jump elevation was pretty intense. A bunch of single jumpers bailed out at varying altitudes. We exchanged excited, but reluctant glances...no turning back now..

Our turn was up, went to the back of the plane, counted to three and rolled out.

My body was pretty confused and the first few seconds were a blur. Got into our free fall position and fell nearly 8000 feet before I pulled the rip cord.

After the chute opened, we performed numerous 'S' turns as we descended to the landing spot.

What an adrenaline rush!

Cross another one off the bucket list! Glad I didn't come home in a bucket :--)