I used to have regular “flying with nothing but simple low effort arm flapping” dreams. I don’t have those dreams any more. I miss them.
I would love to soar like a hawk.
Same here - those were the best dreams ever, but I haven't had one for years. They seem to have been replaced by dreams where I'm on an airplane that just can't get altitude and skims the trees, flies under overpasses, around buildings, etc. I think my ability to fly is declining with age...
That is why I love hang gliding so much and paragliding doesn't do much for me. A hang glider actually allows you to soar like a hawk given the right conditions. A paraglider feels more like a moving rope swing suspended from the sky.
We live 70 miles from a place called “Dog Mountain” a few miles South East from a place called Morton, WA. The terrain and prevailing wind conditions make it soar-able most of the time spring through fall. This means that most of the time you can soar until you get tired. The only problem is that it pretty much have to set aside an entire day any time you want to go hang gliding. We actually live on a small airport surrounded by 116 homes. So I can fly one of the airplanes any time and only use an hour or two. We also live only half an hour from Tiger Mountain, a good paragliding spot.