Woodbine Airport

Looking through the plane's windshield we see Natalia and Emily at the controls and their passengers, Mercedes and Erin keeping a close watch on what's going on.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Another view, looking in thru the cockpit door.  I'm not sure why Natalia isn't smiling, maybe I interrupted her flight lesson by asking her to pose for ANOTHER picture.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The younger girls are now the "pilots" while their passengers are Emily and Natalia (hidden from view).  Mercedes is so busy "flying" she forgot to look at the camera.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Looking in through the cockpit door this time, all the girls are smiling (well, maybe Mercedes smile looks more like a Mona Lisa smile).  We had a half hour wait for our plane ride so this was a wonderful interlude.  Thanks again to the lady pilot (I didn't get her name).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The first girls to go up were Mercedes and Erin.  Shirley was with them so Meribeth and I were taking pictures of them loading up.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

There they go, into the Wild Blue Yonder!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It was a great flight!  That's Mercedes waving to us from this side of the place with Erin waving to us from the other side.  Shirley's back there also but I think she's just watching.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Now, it's my turn to go up with Natalia and Emily.  Here we are, taking off.  You can see Shirley, Mary Pat, Mercedes, Erin, and Meribeth, waving to us.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Our flight took us south of Woodbine first.  Here, the Boyer River bridge is in the foreground looking North directly up downtown.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Now, we're north of the downtown area, looking south so the Boyer river bridge is in the background.  The girls kept saying how small the cars looked, like they could pick them up and play with them.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here's a picture of Woodbine's golf course.  This is where the Alumni banquet was held this year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

At first, I couldn't believe this was the "Birchard Place" where we used to live.  They've torn down the barn and other out buildings and a new house has been contructed to the west of where the barn used to be.  Quite a difference from when I flew over it in 1999.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Now we're back over Woodbine again, this time with a great view of the schoolhouses.  You can even spot the Ferris Wheel the girls rode on.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Finally, before heading back to the airport we took a close look at the downtown area.  Now, you can not only make out all the cars on display but also the people looking them over.