For her birthday she wanted to.... PARAGLIDE?!!

 Callie said she wanted to go Paragliding for her birthday.  I was a little surprised.  She's not typically adventurous, but she was adamant that she wanted to.  I got her set up to do it and today (Sat May 21) was the only available day before we head to the U.S. this summer.  So, today it was!  Her friend Charlie managed to come along and that made it even more fun.  It also really perplexed the Japanese who could not figure out if she was a boy or a girl and kept asking, "Boy?  Girl?"

We drove out this crazy narrow road through the fields to the landing area.  I waited there at the bottom.

The girls were hopped up on adrenaline and were very silly. 

 They got in the van and drove to the top of the mountain.  I waited at the bottom to catch the landings.  I confess, I wasn't convinced they would jump!

But they did!  See that field there on the top of the mountain?  That's where they launched. This is Callie.

She floated around the air for about 8 minutes. 

She flapped her arms for me, but I wasn't fast enough to get a picture of that. Silly pickle! 

I love this photo.  If you zoom in, you can see the big grin on her face.

Still smiling and coming down for landing. 

All done!

She had a fabulous time and LOVED it.  She wants to do it again! 

And then I drove down the tiny little roads got get us home.  It was a rousing success.