Travel Tips

A while ago a lot of VT members posted baby photos of themselves in their Passport window. This is the one I put up, so here it is again :-)

I played catcher in my softball team. They didn't play this sport at Highschool so I had to travel by bus to the city to play for a senior club. I loved this part of my life and loved the game. Oh and I was the designated hitter!! While playing with my sons friends recently I showed my skills to their amazement...... you never forget somethings huh!

Helping to pack parachutes as part of my training. My mother was a skydive instructor so I was around this life a lot.

My very first parachute jump 1972, at Dairy Flat airfield, North Auckland.
Round canopy, safe and sound. My Mum's good friend was the instructor, (Mum was watching), and the base (airforce) Padré was flying the plane. I was 16 yrs old. No such thing as Tandem jumps in those days, you had to do it all by yourself. I snuck back to school but everyone knew what I'd been doing LOL. You could say it was the worst kept secret why I'd had the day off school, and it wasn't really a legitimate reason. But the weather was right, and, well....... :-)