Well done Whirly - thanks for helping keep me awake on night shifts the last couple of weeks. I'm sure after some of the long days you had, you probably didn't want to get straight on a PC and start talking to us lot.
It's great to hear about people enjoying flying - it kind of keeps me going through all the weather cancellations knowing that one day I will also be making similar trips (hopefully after about 20 more hours of training).
Never felt the urge to step into a heli, to be honest (perhaps I'm scared of getting hooked - I REALLY can't afford that!), but I've been to many of the places mentioned by car, especially the San Diego area. It was seeing the scale of GA out there that made me start taking lessons and it's posts like this that keep it looking like a reality.
Don't suppose you felt the urge to fly UNDER the San Diego bay bridge did you? Is that allowed in real life or just in Hollywood?
Can't really describe how jealous I am (in a nice way of course). Thanks again.