Air Travel

Have you ever imagined a huge, Christopher Columbus type ship? In the sky? Flying through the air, cruising at about 40 to 50 mph? I did. Just today. Why, you may ask yourself. And “What the?”

I thought about this today given the fact that we are, once again, living in a prairie hurricane. I watched the clouds race by today and their shadows would just briefly touch the objects on the ground. They flitted by so fast that I could believe it was a figment of my imagination that just fooled me. Alas, my eyes to not deceive me. The clouds were making SUPER good time. I could race them. I have been known to have a lead foot.

The clouds pushed my mind to prairie schooners. You know, the covered wagons that our ancestors used to cross this vast, WINDY, state. And the image in my mind of a wagon with its canvas lashed tight against the baseboards transformed into a sort of Viking or a Columbus type vessel. Yet, this ship hovers above the ground, nothing holding it up but, but, . . . .but, hmmm. Magic. Or special magnetic thrusters that react to the Earth’s gravitational pull and the ore, which acts as a push/pull force keeping the ship approximately 100-300 yards off the ground. And instead of our civilization using automobiles that keep the tires on the ground, our transportation is an air ship fueled by Mother Nature’s whim.

I’m not sure what we’d use if it wasn’t windy but in my world I don’t have to worry about it. (I’m also positive that I will lie in bed to tonight to figure that obstacle out too.) I digress. The ship would look old, but would be full of high tech gadgets. Almost Star Trek advanced.

The travel would be awesome. It would be the equivalent of riding in the back of a pickup, but without all the out of control wind that whips your hair in ten different directions at the same time. There would be some kind of force field that blocked out the wind but would allow fresh air. You would be able to experience the beauty around you without the worry of smacking a deer. Because, if you smacked a deer in the air, well, you have more troubles than a dead deer. What about birds? That same force field that would cut down on the wind would gently displace the birds out of harms way.

Okay, okay, I’m done, I’m done. You have just experienced a walk in my mind. Scary, wasn’t it?