For graduation, I gave Rick the book, Oh the Places You'll Go- Dr. Suess. On the page that has a hot air balloon, I put tickets for a hot air balloon ride in Park City. After our busy summer finally slowed down, we went up to Park City early one morning for our hot air balloon ride.

Preparing to launch:

The most memorable part was our crash landing. Just as our balloon pilot was preparing to gently set us down in the field, a gust of wind came up and tossed our basket across the fence and through a field we weren't intended to land in. Our basket was completely sideways, people were screaming and we were skipping like a pebble. Rick was laughing of course! We wish we had video of that mayhem, and of the unhappy patrons. Our balloon man even called us later that night to apologize for the rough ride. Rick assured him it added to our adventure.

We loved the "flow-rider" surf simulator on the top deck of the cruise ship. Whenever we had a free minute, we would head up there to watch people. Rick tried the stand up surfing and stayed up longer than most! I was only brave enough to try the boogy board version. Rick came home wanting to build one of these at his house!