Getting it started....
Brought it home from paint.
Took my RV-6A from Sacramento area to Grand Canyon National Park. Nine+ hours of flying over 2 days. Camped overnight in state land right out of town. We were able to do rim tours of both North and South rim as well as fly over various corridors across the canyon. Rode our personal electric contraptions from plane to campsite to town and around the park for a bit. My first time seeing this incredible natural beauty. Here are some photos to enjoy if you are interested.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/145QtbUFSd9N22sz9
I apologize, I landed on West side and South side. For West side I landed at 1G4 - Grand Canyon West. Fantastic place to land - was able to walk right to a bus station and get a quick ride to a couple rim views. We were looking across to the North Rim. On the south side I landed at GCN. Super friendly people, short ride into town and free camping in the state lands surrounding the town. Great places to fly into!
Rode our personal electric contraptions from plane to campsite to town and around the park for a bit. My first time seeing this incredible natural beauty. Here are some photos to enjoy if you are interested.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/145QtbUFSd9N22sz9
Discretion is the better part of Valor, or better safe than sorry..
We had a trip planned from Saint Simons down to Stuart, Fl. planned to visit some old friends, in both senses of the word, last Sunday. Checked the weather and found it looking kind of glum.
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Normally I’ll go take a look and USUALLY, I can detour a ways around and find a safe and smooth way around. This one just looked different and was building and feeding in from the west so we said, what the heck, it’s only a 5 hour drive. All the way fown I95 under low clouds and heavy rain we were snug and smooth and happy.
That afternoon KSUA, Stuart had 55 knot gusts, we sat through about an hour of severe weather at the Jupiter inlet and seems a small tornado touched down just a quarter mile north that knock about a dozen power poles down, uprooted trees and demolished awnings at a couple stations. We were sure glad we didn’t have to worry about the plane being on the ramp at Stuart.
Moral of the story of this one is what we DIDN’T do with our RV this weekend was the smart thing. Had a great visit, no worries, And the drive wasn’t all that bad.