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New Activity: Lake Tahoe Helicopter Tours

Oct 16

Posted by Mr K in Helicopter tours, Sightseeing | Comments off

As we continue to migrate into Northern California, we came across Lake Tahoe. It is most definitely one of the sweet spots in NorCal, displaying golf courses, casinos, ski resorts, crystal clear waters, towering pines, and, of course, a great time. To get us started, what better than a tour in the sky of this gorgeous place? We added five helicopter tours, listed below.

Lake Tahoe Sunset Helicopter Tour – $279/Person
“The Sunset Tour takes you on a complete trip around the lake, and will show you Lake Tahoe awash in magnificent colors as you view the setting sun from across the lake.”
Lake Tahoe Helicopter Tour – $229/Person
“Take a helicopter tour over beautiful Lake Tahoe and see all it has to offer! On this tour, you’ll fly high above breathtaking Emerald Bay, Camp Richardson, Meeks Bay, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Incline Village and so much more!“
Emerald Bay Helicopter Tour – $49/Person
“The Emerald Bay helicopter tour shows you the wonder of Emerald Bay, Fallen Leaf Lake and Vikingsholm. The flight is approximately 10 minutes in length, and you’ll be surprised at how much you get to see on this helicopter tour over Lake Tahoe!“
Tahoe Casino Helicopter Tour – $49/Person
“On this helicopter tour over Tahoe, you’ll first head over to the Edgewood Golf Course, home of the Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament. You’ll get to see the casinos at Stateline, Heavenly Ski Resort and the Heavenly Gondola.“
Tahoe South Shore Helicopter Tour – $119/Person
“On this tour, you’ll get to see the beauty of Lake Tahoe from Zephyr Cove to the magnificent Emerald Bay. Crystal clear waters, towering pines, snow-covered mountains – these are just some of the breathtaking sights you’ll experience on this 20 minute helicopter tour over South Lake Tahoe.“

ENJOY!

Tags: emerald bay, Helicopter tours, lake tahoe, Sightseeing, south lake tahoe

You Have Another Day In Paradise…Enjoy It!

Apr 25

Posted by julie in Flying Lessons, Helicopter tours, Paragliding, Skiing, Snorkeling, Themeparks, Wine Tasting | 2 Comments

Sometimes fear stops us from doing some of the most exciting and adrenaline packed things in life. Ever since my friend passed along her copy of “One Month To Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life,” I treat everyday as the most important!

News or friends inform us about such stories that relate to life, and often make us wonder why things happen the way they do. For example, this morning there was a rare and freak shark attack in Solana Beach, San Diego. A 66 yr. old man in great shape was training for his next triathlon and was freakishly bitten by a shark and didn’t survive. And then I stumble upon a more uplifting story where a 96 yr. old former US Navy pilot took a trip to Knott’s Berry Farm so he could take in some excitement and ride the fastest rides there, regardless of being in a wheelchair.

His daughter mentioned that “He doesn’t get out at all, so sometimes I plan a day where we go out,” she said. “That morning, I told him, ‘If you get out of bed, I’ll buy you breakfast, and maybe we could take a ride up to Knott’s.’ He liked that idea.”

How I look at…we’re dealt with a deck of cards each day – you can play or pass. I’d rather play!

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Flying High Over LA-LA-Land

Feb 19

Posted by julie in Airplane Tours, Flying Lessons, Helicopter tours | 2 Comments

I definitely have the best friends in the world. When I moved to Laguna Beach from London as a newlywed, a few of them clubbed together and got us a helicopter trip over LA – can you think of a better gift?! It was such a great way to experience our new ‘homeland’ and to check out the area from the sky – Los Angeles is such a massive and sprawling city, it can be quite difficult to get your head around how it all fits together, so this was perfect. We flew from Long Beach and were up in the air for about an hour, flying over the Queen Mary and then up the coast past all the famous beaches that I’d heard about all my life (I nearly dislocated my neck whilst trying to see the bodybuilders at Venice Beach. Very disappointing), over Beverly Hills, Hollywood – I nearly peed my pants with excitement when I found myself eye-to-eye with the inimitable Hollywood sign – and then over downtown (where we flew so close to the skyscrapers that I could actually see in the windows on the 30th (?) floor and eyeball all the penpushers pretending to be working hard whilst looking at naughty pictures on the Internet)…then we were swooping along the freeways and over the crazy cement flyovers and bridges (I was flirting with cardiac arrest by this stage, as the pure scale of the metropolis that is LA was suddenly starting to sink in) and eventually back to Long Beach where we buzzed a container ship as we were heading back to the airport. Absolutely fantastic, an unforgettable experience. Thanks my darlings. Oh, and Woof, with regards to your comment (‘Next time I want you to fly it. Get married again and we’ll organise the lessons. Get married AGAIN and we’ll buy you a chopper’) – I have no intentions of multiple matrimony, but I do happen to have found a fellow boarderwho also happens to Fly Her Own Helicopter, so if I do ever find myself going Elizabeth Taylor-stylie, I may have someone for you to pay for my lessons.

Tags: California, chopper, flying, Flying Lessons, helicopter flight, helicopter tour, Los Angeles

Flying High Over Cape Town

Feb 14

Posted by julie in Airplane Tours, Flying Lessons, Helicopter tours | 2 Comments

In my next life I am going to be a helicopter pilot. Respect to fellow boarder Chopperchick, who is living my dream (I live vicariously through her fantastic blog). I’ve been lucky enough to have done two helicopter trips in my short life (okay, not that short, but let me at least pretend): one over Cape Town and one over Los Angeles, and I absolutely loved them both. The Cape Town one was a few years back and was a breathtakingly scenic flight around the peninsula of the Western Cape with the opportunity to view both the unique wonder of Table Mountain as well as the World Heritage Site of Robben Island. I grew up in and around Cape Town and thought that I knew the Mother City (as she is affectionately called) and surrounds like the back of my hand, but seeing it from the air gives a totally unique perspective, one that I will never forget. It was brilliant! I’ll write about the Los Angeles helicopter trip in another blog but for now wanted to post these pics of the Cape Town trip. I found a video of someone doing a similar flight but be warned: it is really shaky and I ended up feeling sick – ironic that I didn’t experience any motion sickness whatsoever in the chopper, but that sitting here on terra firma, watching that video, I thought I was going to do a Jaeson-on-top-of-the-mountain stunt. The only thing that distracted me from thoughts of barfing was the look of pure terror on the face of the kid in the video. Perhaps I should start doing some helicopter flying lessons…