bendywendy

I've traveled to a lot of dz's and boogies around the country but I always return to my two favorites - Skydive Sebastian and Skydive CrossKeys.

Sebastian has the year round comfortable skydiving weather, the beautiful views, good people, good freeflying and a nice laid back atmosphere.

There is a small base of local jumpers with a large base of transient jumpers coming through on vacation and holidays.

The same jumpers seem to return year after year, though after that first stop. Some come and stay for months at a time before going home. It's nice to see everyone return each year and to keep adding to the group.

It isn't too far to travel to the cities for night life but quite enough in the small town with a few nice restaurants and the beaches are close by with some excellent surf for when the weather rolls in.

If you are used to busting the clouds, forget about it, sorry it's the pilot's license and not your call. The locals make sure we stay legal on the weather days.

I only got to jump there one day but loved the dropzone. Everyone made me feel very welcome and right at home. The desert hills make an interesting background. I will highly recommend it to anyone going to California.