Smokey Takes Me and My Mom Flying

One of my parents' neighbors, Smokey, was a part of the original crew (aka plankowner) of the USS Belleau Wood which was my last ship. So he and I have reminisced about our individual experiences with the ship as well as flying stories. He's a civilian pilot and flight instructor and while I was home he offered to take my me and my mom flying. We flew out of a small airport not far from our neighborhood called Twin Oaks. It was a great flight and a really good time. And now my mom is the only one in my family who has been in an aircraft I've been piloting!