Flying!

St. Thomas! What better way to spend a morning than para sailing!! Jim and I boarded a small boat along with about 10 others. Each pair of us climbed onto the back, where we were hooked into the support bars and straps. After a thumbs up the boat accelerated and we had lift off!
It was so lovely to be up above the blue sea with only the sound of the wind. About half way through our "flight" we were lowered for a quick dunk in the ocean, then lifted off once more for a final time before we were brought back in, landing (amazingly gently) on the back of the boat.
To Jim's and my amazement, we shared this experience with a retired nuclear submarine commander. He was very modest and had some great stories. And they DO say "Dive, dive" when the sub descends. (He corrected me when I asked if they said "dive, dive, dive" when descending; apparently the 3 dive sequence is for coming back up.) He said that in a severe sea condition the water is relatively calm below, but he was under hurricane conditions once and at 400 feet below the surface they were rocking and rolling. We had a wonderful day.