PROMPT: First Time

What could you try for the first time?

My problem is that I’m old enough that all the low hanging fruit has been consumed, meaning most “first times” involve a serious time investment. For example, I’d love to go skydiving, but you can’t just jump out of a plane, you have to either watch a safety video or sabotage a plane. All for a five-minute experience. And if you don’t want to do it with a stranger strapped intimately close to you, you need to do probably watch several safety videos and practice pulling a cord over and over again. [Question: They sometimes ask if you’d like a male or female massage therapist when you get a massage, but I’ve never heard of being given the option when tandem skydiving. How come it’s ok to be homophobic, or hetero-phobic, in one instance, but not the other? Just asking.]

DAILY PHOTO: Precision Parachute Teams at the Chicago Air & Water Show, 2018

Leap Frog “sky-writing” in colored smoke

Leap Frog with American Flag

Golden Knight with POW – MIA flag

Golden Knights; Taken at the Chicago Air & Water Show on August 19, 2018

Military precision parachute teams from both the US Army (the Golden Knights) and the US Navy (the Leap Frogs) appeared at the 2018 Chicago Air & Water Show.