DOWN TO EARTH!

   SUNDAY, MAY 27TH., 2018
         DOWN TO EARTH!

   Well as promised my 20-year-old
grandson celebrated his graduation
from Luzerne County Community
College by jumping out of an
airplane yesterday!
     Apparently a lot of people share
this strange compassion! We found
a hanger at the East Stroudsburg
Airport literally filled with people
anxious to sign up for this "sport."
       Of course in this case "signing
up" means acknowledging the
possibility of disaster and releasing
the company from any liability
should there be an accident.
        You are guaranteed a return to
earth. One way or another.
         My grandson, his girlfriend,
his Mom and Dad, and his Grannie
and I waited with him for some three
hours as plane loads of Skydivers,
14 at a time, crowded into the
aircraft to take their turn.
          At last his name was called and
he joined about 5 other jumpers in the
plane. He and a couple of the others
were doing Tandem jumps which
means they were strapped to a trained
Skydiver for the trip down.
             Waiting below he spotted
the plane high above our heads and
saw the small dots in suddenly spilled
into the air. Those "dots" were, of
course the jumpers. You can't tell
the players till they get a lot closer!
                All went well, much to our
delight, and our grandson seemed
pleased with his accomplishment.
                  My neck is a little sore
from looking up but my feet stayed
safely on the ground.
                   Glad to have my buddy
back down to earth!
                    Have a great Holiday
weekend. Hope all your NEWS is
good!