SKYDIVE!

Do it. Skydive. It's SOOO worth it. On Thursday, following our Rotorua adventures, we headed down to Taupo to jump out of a plane at 15,000 feet. Well, the plan was originally 12,000 but then we got talked into more... but absolutely 100% worth it. Here's the day:

We stalked the weather to find the perfect day - and we found it. Sunny with a few clouds. Perfect. We showed up for our jump at 12:30ish. Got the low down and all the options. Audrey got overwhelmed and teared up... ok... cried a bit... but not "ugly cry" - just cute nervous, overwhelmed cried. Right?? We decided on 15,000 feet. The highest you can jump tandem. AHH!

We got geared up. Met our tandems and basically jumped on the plane. Everything is done for you. You just do what they tell you which is "Put this on," "Smile at the camera," "Here's your tandem - have fun!" You just have to trust your tandem and off you go. Josh and Sam - calm, cool, collected, and excited. Audrey - nervous and excited and swaying side to side to avoid thinking about jumping out of a plane. Hey - it's nerve racking!

We got on the plane and then it was business time. Audrey was in the zone and good to go. We all were on a total high and crazy excited. We made it up to 15,000 feet and one by one jumped out of the plane. Simply put - the COOLEST experience ever. Like nothing you've ever done. Would TOTALLY do it again. You free fall for about 60 seconds, but it's not a stomach dropping feel the whole way - after the first 7 seconds or so you just feel like you're floating in place with an intense wind pushing against your body. It's so crazy. Then they pull the parachute and you simply float to the ground. It's silent up there and you can see EVERYTHING. It's so so so amazing and I encourage everyone to go somewhere beautiful and just do it. I may of had tears at first, but I was thrilled afterwards - so great!

Here's the after shot. We did it! 15,000 feet!!