Happiness is...

Meet the newest member of the Galli family.

She's greasy and heavy and made of all sorts of metal. I never thought that I'd ever be so happy! And the labor pains were nothing! As easy as writing out a check!

We haven't given her a name yet, as we don't feel that we know her completely - she's deep, all of those sprockets and clamps.

We've just picked her up in Utah and have been out in the flats breaking her in, she's a joy.

What is she you ask? She is a Winch. Not a winch like me, she is much stronger, and definitely much more quite. She's a tow winch, designed to tow paragliders into the sky, with the potential of reaching 3500 feet in elevation.

We purchased this 'rig' from Cloud Street Design. http://www.cloudstreetwinch.com/ and if you've been reading the life of galli thoroughly then you'll know what a 'cloud street ' is and this should make you very exited, your foot should be thumping.

Here's how it works, and no Jen, it is not as dangerous as you might think-there are no training wheels, but life is a dangerous ordeal- this addition just makes it more fun.

First, a special thanks to Mr. Galli, for the amazing photo's. I'm thinking that you should join Team Galli and be the team photographer. Not much money to be made here, but I promise that you'll get a great tan.


This is part of the preparation stage. I'm clearing the lines of the paraglider.








As the truck drives forward, the winch lets out line, then increases the tension slowly as the pilot pulls up the wing and steps forward. Just like that, the pilot is lifted from the ground and is on his/her way to cloud street neverland, at least, those are our hopes.


Once the pilot feels that he/she is high enough, they release the line, which falls to the ground under a drogue, and is reeled back in by my beauty, the winch. The pilot is then free to fly and to hopefully break, make and re-break records.

We can now fly anywhere in the world, given we can drive our truck and winch there. We no longer have the need for mountain side foot launches- this is huge! No more trespassing for us! Think of all the money we'll save by not having to be bailed out of jail...I'm joking Deb.

So we are now free to roam. The money press fits in the bed of the truck and we should be just fine. Happily ever off.