Today, I tasted of freedom and flight as I soared the azure skies above. My dad and I went skydiving today at AtmosphAir Skydiving in Ft. Atkinson. It was the most exhilerating experience of my entire life, and I wonder if anything else will, or could, ever rival it! As we climbed twenty minutes into the air (to an altitude of 10,000 feet), I wavered between incredible excitement and extreme fear. As the door of the plane opened, and I viewed the emerald landscape below, the fear took over. But being strapped to an incredible instructor, and feeling the adrenaline pulsing through my  veins, the fear gave way and we rolled out the cockpit door. The initial freefall was the most terrifying feeling, but as soon as you realized where you were, it was wonderful. To be able to relax at 8,000 feet is amazing! And then as the parachute opened, and we just floated above the world below. I will definitely do it again, and again, and recommend it to anyone I can. It was so amazing and wonderful, and yet these words do so little to explain it. It was utterly indescribable! However, Leonardo DaVinci once made a quote, and I think it does a pretty good job. I couldn't have said it better.

When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.