Narrator: Aspen awoke startled as the airplane's tires screeched down the runway. Forgetting for an instant where she was, she reached out and grabbed her younger brother's arm and watched the passengers' heads bob up and down and from side to side as the plane bounced twice on the runway before the pilot applied the big jetliner's brakes.

Grady had grown considerably since the last time he flew on an airliner. He was now tall enough to peer out the window sitting down. His face was pushed up against the window, fully intent on not missing a thing. He turned with a grin and pointed to the snow-capped peaks in the far distance.