A great day in the Northwest

[Mountain Doctor]

Beautiful calm cool clear skies today. I decided to do some practice on a friends 1,000 foot strip in a shallow canyon on the Columbia. With low density altitude I felt like I has a 235 and climbout was a breeze! Wish it was always like that.

Then over to a friend's farm. His strip is about 2,000 by 20 or so, but a little challenging due to the rolling hills it is on. Clear approach and departure and nothing to hit on either side makes it fun and easy.

Then over to Desert Air. They have 1,000 of turf there next to the runway. I landed a few there and headed to Cashmere, in the Washington Cascades. From there borrowed the airport van for a drive to Leavenworth.

















Tammy had a sinus infection and my other friends either had family stuff, work, or were out of town so this was a solo day.

[VA Maule]

It certainly looks like it was a great day. Beautiful country out there on the Left cost. Is that a hydroelectric damn in one of the pictures?

[MrHRC]

Awesome!

[Mountain Doctor]

It certainly looks like it was a great day. Beautiful country out there on the Left cost. Is that a hydroelectric damn in one of the pictures?

I think the name of the dam is Wanapum. It is indeed hydroelectric. Most of our electricity here is hydroelectric or nuclear.

[pilot]

Doc, you are having way too much fun!!