After our laugh about where we ate last night, we go off looking for a couple of geocaches. This takes us to the cliffs and the views of the ocean.
When we were here before we saw an area that is set up for what I have found they call “Ridge Soaring”. At that time no one was flying, but it was a different story today.
These are mostly tandem flights with an experienced pilot and someone who pays for the thrill of flying along the cliffs with amazing views that go forever! Some are just enthusiasts that like to have the thrill alone.
I caught these 3. Looks like a face to me 🙂
This pilot was quite amazing. As you can see they are flying very low, below the cliff top where they are supposed to land. He starts swinging side to side.
Each swing makes me think they will land on the busy road below. After a few swings they raise higher and higher until they land safely on the landing area!
There are about 3 tents setup on the top. They have a reflective material and the legs are set down low. As we get closer we see that there are people underneath working on computers. The tandem flights are being recorded and I assume that these guys are working on the videos.
Here they go, running off the cliff!
A successful takeoff.
Back in town I get a photo of Stu with “The Worlds Biggest Ball of Wood”, well at least that’s what I call it!! 🙂
Our flight is at midnight tonight, so we booked a room in a hostel around the corner from our fancy hotel. The fancy hotel was fully booked for tonight and we think we might need a nap to prepare for the 7 hour red eye. Glad we did this, it is going to be a long night.
Our cab driver, who brought us from the airport yesterday, offered to come back and arrives right on time. Traffic in Lima is a nightmare. It is after 8PM and it is still gridlock here.
We don’t understand why this is the first, but we see the first fender bender since we’ve been here. Stop signs mean nothing. Everyone just noses their way into the flow. It takes over an hour to get to the airport even at this time of night.
We make our way to our gate, where I try to find a place to charge our devices 🙂 Busy place, the charging station. USB’s and regular power outlets. All very busy. USB ports were not all working and every time I tried another port the plugs fell out of the regular plugs. I must have replugged them in 4 times!
We have a 7 hour flight to Dallas. We arrive and right away have to stand in a long security line. At this station there only seem to one agent processing the boarding pass and passport check. Takes a while, but we finally finish with the full body scan and head to our gate.
4 hours later we see this from the window! Home again!! 🙂
The YVR airport is so stunning! We have seen quite a number of airports in our lives, but this one always makes us smile when we arrive. That old Airport Improvement Fee has really improved the airport!!
Michael is there to pick us up. Thanks Michael!! We really appreciate that! We managed to stay awake until 8:45ish, head to bed and slept like logs until this morning! Nice to be home 🙂