Around 1996 I happened to buy a copy of Kitplanes magazine on a whim. That evening I lay in bed leafing though it and came upon an article about the (then) new SeaRey amphibious flying boat seaplane kit. There were a few photos, including one of a SeaRey drawn up on a white sand beach with bright bluegreen waves lapping at the hull.

Immediately I was somewhere on dark water looking at my SeaRey on a green lawn, with my house out of sight behind a grove of trees. It was a remarkable sensation—-I knew it was so!

Then it was gone and I was back in bed with the magazine open on my lap. Everything was mundane again. But the vision persisted, and a few years later I went for a SeaRey ride and bought a kit. Built it and have flown it nearly 2000 hours so far.