While I was prepping for our flight, Walter received a 5-star dining experience by our very own KAVU ambassador Jacob Glass. As a new father, I definitely don’t know all of the parenting tricks, but I do know that when it’s time for Walter to eat, if I’ve got his high chair and some food....

.....he is one happy boy.

After we took off from the little airport in Mountain Green, it’s a short flight out of Weber Canyon before flying over the Great Salt Lake. The mountains turn into salt flats mixed with water and most days, it's very beautiful.

But, before long it was time to head back to civilization. I strapped Walter back in his car seat and we took off into KAVU skies.

Not many things make a pilot happier then looking around their plane and seeing friends and family enjoying a flying adventure. I wonder what Walter is thinking in this moment in time? His stoic expression seems content;-)

Back safe and sound on solid ground, Jacob and I put the airplane away while Walter entertained himself. When dressed appropriately, it seems that this little man never gets tired of playing outside.

I guess he gets that from his Dad.

On our way home, Walter had taken a much earned nap in his car seat. The same seat that an hour before was flying through the air in a 1959 Cessna 182B. I wonder if he is going to remember any part of these first flights? I can’t wait until he is older and I can tell him stories of how good of a co-pilot he was as a toddler. I hope as he grows up, we both still make time to fly together, and maybe one day I can even teach him how to fly.

If he doesn’t want to learn, that’s completely OK as well. I’m just thankful that for now....

....he is my co-pilot and number one adventure buddy.