We buzzed along like a giant dragon-fly. We even hovered over a swamp, albeit at a couple of thousand feet. The view was just 360 degrees of wonderful. And though\u00a0it might sound like a clich\u00e9, the \u00a0feeling of actually being able to go wherever you wanted was intoxicating.\u00a0Looking down at the ribbon of Route 95 disappearing into\u00a0the distance in both directions, you couldn’t help noticing the tiny cars and trucks whizzing along. Even the tractor-trailers looked micro.\u00a0\u00a0Not like ants. Beetles maybe.<\/p>\n
Later that evening, after a surprise birthday dinner organized by my wife, I was returning home on the same highway after dropping a friend off.\u00a0 It was late and I was happily lost in thought. A silver car, bright and shiny in my headlights, flicked on its yellow directional to signal to me it was changing lanes. I thought about how primitive yet effective it was to signal simply by using lights. The silver car was like a big lightning-bug racing through the dark countryside on a summer night. We all were.<\/p>\n
I wished I were flying a helicopter. I would have been home sooner.<\/p>\n
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