Under the Texan Sun

Is Texas Toast just called toast in Texas?

let the adventures begin!

Day 1: Flying is a unique experience. It's quick, efficient and gets you from point A to point B in what seems like no time at all (minus the delays and such) For example, traveling via car from Memphis to Dallas takes about 14+ hours but when flying, it takes a little more than an hour. That’s ONE hour to get across the country. It’s almost as impressive as the hour flight between England and Ireland. Key word: almost. haha No but really, that’s impressive. Flying is a surreal experience.

Above the clouds!

Let me explain. Imagine...one moment, you are on the ground, gradually gaining speed and momentum. You realize within a few minutes that through powerful and meticulous engineering, the exceptionally heavy aircraft you are on will effortlessly lift into thin air and defy gravity. YOU will defy gravity. Crazy huh?

As the plane’s speed increases getting closer and closer to take off, you begin to rise into the air and find yourself moving forward and suddenly…pop! Your ears pop! You’re in the air! You are flying. It’s magic. There is this overwhelming tug forward, backward, up, and down as your body adjusts to the aircraft. Physics. You rise higher and higher above the artistically designed city you are leaving behind. (as for me, the Mighty Mississippi winded away from me in the distance…and then she was gone).

Adios Memphis!

 You disappear into this mystical haze as you ascend higher into the heavens. Below you, a sea of the softest and purest cotton forms the perfect pillow. Above you, the bluest of blue skies lingers and challenges you to touch the sun. But you’ve already achieved something even more magnificent. You defied gravity. Each cell of your body defied gravity and is now moving at 600 miles per hour. That’s SIX HUNDRED miles per hour.  And now you get to sit back and cruise in the most surreal paradise until time to reach your destination. It’s beautiful; it’s peaceful. It’s flying.