Christmas Entry #3 (Christmas Lights Helicopter Ride!)

My brother and fam gave us a great Christmas present:  A helicopter ride over downtown Salt Lake City!  It was sooo fun!  The ride was pretty short- probably about 10 minutes or so, and it was such a neat view!  The helicopter was small, it almost looked like a dragonfly hovering around.  We got to see Temple Square, the Capitol, The City and County Building, The Gallivan Center....well you get the idea, we saw most all of downtown Salt Lake!  The helicopter fit 4 people total, so the pilot (who was about the same age as us, or younger) and three other people.  The front was just glass (or plastic, probably) and you could see all around you!  It felt surprisingly smooth and comfortable-it seemed so natural!  My parents went too, which was so fun; they took to the air first.  We went second and my mom came with us for a second ride because there was an open seat.  What a fun present.  We had been eagerly awaiting this gift because a few weeks earlier my sister-in-law had told us to keep the evening free-but wanted the event to be a surprise.  It sure was!  During the weeks before Christmas we tried to guess what the gift would be, but we didn't guess helicopter ride!  Christina and Tanner babysat Harry, which was wonderful.  These pics are a bit blurry, but they were the best I could get with my camera (obviously a flash isn't going to reach 1000 feet).  Pretty cool, huh?