Posting 7: Plane launch not a complete success and more

Tuesday - In the morning we went to fly Shayne's radio controlled styrofoam plane at a local park. Shayne hadn't flown it in a while and while things started OK, the plane caught a bad thermal and spiralled into a neighbours roof with a big thud. As it hit, we could see the thing come apart with some force spewing the battery and flaps in all directions. Shayne went over to rescue it at and seemed to be over there for an unusually long time, just to retrieve the plane. I assumed that the plane must have caused some damage to the house and they were trying to resolve what should happen next. Anyhow, it was just the battery that was missing and we quickly found it.

After that we grabbed some Arby's and then went on to Cabella's - probably the largest outdoor sports and recreations store I have EVER seen. That's the great thing about the States - all the shops are huge - even the more specialist ones.

After Cabella's we headed out to a Radio Control Aerodrome where Shayne flew his petrol power R/C chopper. A thing of beauty and very impressive engineering. The speed at which it flies really suprised me. The flight was flawless and we got some good photos of the chopper hovering over the Corvette - only a couple right Shayne? (wink, wink!).



No trip to SLC would be complete without some dry-ice hijinx so we filled up a few 2litre bottles with dry ice and hot water and popped the lid back on and, well, the pics speak for themselves *(watch this space)...fun.



At around 2.30 Shayne dropped me back to University Avenue and I wandered around the Mall and all of the megastores that flank the avenue managing to buy a few more things off the list. I decided to walk home so that I could pop into a few other places along the way. 30 blocks in the wrong shoes and my feet have paid the price. Very sore and some incredibly large blisters which doesn't bode well for what I am sure will be large amounts of walking around DC.