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This isn't some bogus telephone message. It came directly from the English department of Weimar Academy: An all-expense-paid trip to anywhere in the world! Well, sort of. I only get to write about the trip, not actually experience it. Here is my idea of a dream trip.

Rent a six-seater airplane (remember, money isn't an issue this time) and take the Senior class with me on an exciting air trip. We'd fly down to Central America via Southern California, Mexico, and make the final destination someplace like Nicaragua. Along the way we'd visit tons of people that we'd met on our tour or mission trip. Swimming would be an absolute must - just no sand in the plane please! For part of the flight, I would route us along the coast. A leg of the trip would be over the mountains for some wonderful views of the rain forests of Central America.

The trip would be last all summer long and we'd be pretty sick of each other by the end, but nonetheless it would be a pretty cool vacation. So if you want to make the dream a reality, you can send your tax-deductible donation to . . . just kidding. This is just a "flight of fancy" but that doesn't mean I won't take my Senior friends flying. Checkride time is coming pretty quickly, and then the Flying Dutchman will be in business!