Greetings of Levity!

Yesterday morning, Rick sent a message inviting me to join him for a flight in his plane. Everyone knows how much I like to fly, especially with Rick, so of course I went right over to his place on the runway. It happened to be his daughter’s birthday, so before flying, Rick, Mary, Hillary and I had a little birthday celebration. Hillary decided to join us on the flight, so she grabbed a cushion to sit on in the back of the plane, seeing as how Rick had long ago removed the back seats. Happy for Hillary to sit up front, I took the cushion and got in back. We took off and had a fun time, even flying up and around my favorite Three Sisters.

At some point well into the flight, Rick recognized a unique opportunity for fun and pushed the yoke forward. Simulating zero gravity, this caused me to float. It was a surprising sensation that had me laughing so hard, I couldn’t stop. This only served to encourage Rick, so he repeated the maneuver twice more! Here are links to videos Hillary took of the levitating ‘Laughing Buddha’:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N-XHDuJZ4Q0

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xI4SfrTt0dI

Some more flight photos, too:  https://balloonbill.smugmug.com/Other/Enlightening-Flight/

Wishing you much enjoyment on your own path of lighten-up-ment!

Bill