I had always wanted to try parachute jumping.  While we were in San Jose, I finally decided to give it a try.  We had some good friends, Stan and Lindsey, in San Jose who we used to do things with.  One night at dinner we were talking about doing a parachute jump and Norma and Stan said I was crazy.  Lindsey thought it was a good idea.  So to have someone with me, I gave Lindsey a gift certificate for a first jump.  After some hesitation, she decided to go with me.

You arrive at the jump center in the morning and go through a full day of training, making your jump in the late afternoon.  The pictures below are all I have - of the training and getting in the plane for the jump.  Nobody took any pictures of us coming down.  The guy behind me in the first picture with the instructor.  I read later that he was killed in a small plane crash on his way to a jump meet.