~Scared Of Heights~

I was talking to a friend today about flying, and heights.

I don't like either of them..I lived in Niagara Falls for a

few months, and of course we toured the falls..It is such

a beautiful place, I hate to admit it..but the Canadian side

is much better for tourists than the American side. There

are sights but the town there is small..or it was when I was

there in 88. The Canadian side was wonderful..so many

things to see, museums..churches, and specials if you

were there on a honeymoon. We found a small little house

to rent behind a bigger motel..right outside the door was

a swimming pool..We had no trouble getting a phone at

all..groceries there were outrageously high..We both tried

to get jobs and couldn't. by we I mean my last husband,

David. Back then you could go across the border with

no problem at all...now I think you need a passport or

something..but I liked it there..from there we moved to

the best food city anywhere...Buffalo, NY..great town..

and some of the best food and 9 out of 10 places did

deliver..THAT was great..

In that photo you can see a tower by a bridge with a

platform sticking out of it The tower on the American

side of the falls, and a glass elevator takes you up to the top

which has a platform like arm that stretches out to get a better

view of the falls..the floor is like a grate, tiny open squares..for

the snow to get through. We decided to go up there, I was NOT

very anxious to go trust me..but I went.. When those elevator

doors opened the people in front of me stepped out and

it was my turn, I looked down and saw, to me, was NO

floor and how VERY far down the ground was below me..

I didn't say a word, and took a huge step backwards back

into the elevator just as the doors closed and David is

standing there watching me go back down on the elevator

a look of kinda laughing and wonder too... I got to the

bottom and stepped out and looked back up to the platform

and there was David, leaning over the railing, laughing, and

waving at me~!.. I waved back and went and sat down on a

bench to wait for him to come back down... He did and

laughed at me for being such a big chicken... which I was,

and still am...

Ive flown many many times..I used to go to Hawaii at least

once a year for a month to stay with my ex sister over there.

It is one of the most beautiful places Ive seen.. I loved it

there..It was a 8 hour flight from Chicago to Honolulu...but

a stop in Los Angeles.. I dreaded the announcement when

I was already nervous about there not being anything below

but deep water,and the captain would inform us we had

reached the halfway point, so we had no choice but to go

on...That made me nervous..The airport there is right on

the edge of the water..first time I saw that plane headed

for that narrow strip and if it was a fraction too low we were

gonna go swimmin for sure..On a landing in Los Angeles,

just before we got there, the captain came on, told us not

to worry about the men checking out the floor by us..they

were checking the brakes on the plane which for some

reason were not functioning.. I guess they test them just

before landing..which I would think they would know before

the plane took off.??.well..the man says, "we will stop this

plane by reversing the engines, it will work, please remain

calm".. Remain calm??? I HATE when someone tells me

that..I KNOW then that I AM going to be upset..well..the

time came and we could hear the planes hydraulics of the

wheels..then we see getting closer to the ground..the

touch down,, and suddenly this huge plane shudders so

hard,stuff flew around..you could see the vibration..then

the engines just seemed to moan in angony...then slowly

the plane coasted to a stop...I looked around and I never

saw so many HUGE eyes and Scared crazy people..

bad thing was I KNEW I looked the same way.. THAT

was awful... But that plane DID stop...

I keep saying I would love to fly to Europe..specially to the

UK, but I think about that flight and I just don't know if I could

really do it.. Maybe if I had a better stomach.. I even looked

online to see what the air fare to London is..$818.oo round

trip..that's a lot.. then food and hotel for a week or however

long.. It would be worth it though .. I honestly would like to

go...I know I have family over there..It would be wonderful to

meet them.. I wish I could win the lottery..But I have to play

it to win..I know lots of people play it, Blue in AU does..he

gets those scratchies, or rub off kind..and he does really

good.. I got 5 one day, I splurged..I got back 2...took those

back and lost on the next 2 ..Be nice to win, I would travel

here in the states...Id get a bus, and it would be great, and

even the boys could go along...I might risk flying again..but

I think I would rather take the train to Boston or out west to

Las Vegas or Seattle..That I think would be a great trip...

Well the next trip I need to make is of course to the kitchen.

Penny was here today and made some goulash for me, It

smells so good, Lunch I THINK was liver and some kind of

brown ugly veggies..one was a carrot I think..and mashed

potatoes..didn't look good at all..Dutch ran from it.. So I

am hungry..time to eat, n' say "Nitey Nite"...

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? Love ya, and thanks~!!

Always, Lois ****

God Bless you is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe

until I write again..