"A true journey of discovery lies not in seeking new shores but in finding new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust
Oh boy - today is THE day... The helicopter rescue and the parachute zip line. There is a lot of electricity in the air this morning. After breakfast we were off to the lake. We could see the towers from afar and my stomach was in knots. As we walked closer to the lake and the "dunker/lifter" I was beginning to have doubts about the whole thing but when would I ever get this chance again? Team Kibo they called. I donned the life jacket and climbed into the helicopter fuselage. It fell into the lake, the water filled up over my head, I pushed myself out the window madly swimming to the meeting spot in the lake where we awaited the rescue helicopter. Swimming to the basket lowered in the water was no
easy task, it is hard to keep going with the jacket weighing you down and blocking some vision, Approaching the basket water was spraying in my face from the propeller and I had to hoist myself in. It was hard and scary but I eventually managed to get in. We were so proud of ourselves. Armed with some new found confidence we climbed the tower to the parachute zipline. Here you don a harness under your arms high above the lake. The counselor pushes you off and you fly backwards towards the water as if you jumped from a helicopter. It was awesome!
I am so proud to have gone way out of my comfort zone and accomplished this. I ask my students to take risks and I cannot wait to share this experience with them. Today I modeled what I teach - BIG TIME! Later in the day we had a lovely luncheon sponsored by our new sponsor, Target and welaunched our rockets. My rocket took off like lightning! Our Endeavor mission was successful to spite a fire in the cockpit which we in mission control handled like pros. Tonight we had a
lovely reception with some well needed relaxation time to reconnect with each other and catch up.
Oh boy - today is THE day... The helicopter rescue and the parachute zip line. There is a lot of electricity in the air this morning. After breakfast we were off to the lake. We could see the towers from afar and my stomach was in knots. As we walked closer to the lake and the "dunker/lifter" I was beginning to have doubts about the whole thing but when would I ever get this chance again? Team Kibo they called. I donned the life jacket and climbed into the helicopter fuselage. It fell into the lake, the water filled up over my head, I pushed myself out the window madly swimming to the meeting spot in the lake where we awaited the rescue helicopter. Swimming to the basket lowered in the water was no 
easy task, it is hard to keep going with the jacket weighing you down and blocking some vision, Approaching the basket water was spraying in my face from the propeller and I had to hoist myself in. It was hard and scary but I eventually managed to get in. We were so proud of ourselves. Armed with some new found confidence we climbed the tower to the parachute zipline. Here you don a harness under your arms high above the lake. The counselor pushes you off and you fly backwards towards the water as if you jumped from a helicopter. It was awesome!
lovely reception with some well needed relaxation time to reconnect with each other and catch up. 
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