petehowell
Well Known Member
Just like Deano sang.... "Baby it's cold outside" - Plenty cold, Ubetcha!
Its in the teens below zero last night, but it dawned calm and clear this morning, so off I went to see if 9er-Pop-Hotel could be dragged out of her nice (sorta) warm hangar. She reluctantly complied, so off we went, camera in tow!
I headed north to the lakes and looked for interesting stuff - what struck me was the ice and snow on the lakes and how it fell naturally into patterns.
Much like sand in the desert, the wind forces the snow to define a low energy surface, here from high above...
Zooming in you can make out small drifts and areas of clear ice....
More of the same - almost like brushstrokes....
Here, it looks like you can see the shadows of the bigger drifts/weeds on the bottom thru the clear ice. Very interesting....
Next, I headed south to Saint Paul - yep, it is as cold as it looks....
River ice on the Mississip looks about the same...
What did we learn?? Flying the RV is a hoot no matter what the Temp!!!
Stay warm (and classy) VAfinistas!!!
Its in the teens below zero last night, but it dawned calm and clear this morning, so off I went to see if 9er-Pop-Hotel could be dragged out of her nice (sorta) warm hangar. She reluctantly complied, so off we went, camera in tow!
I headed north to the lakes and looked for interesting stuff - what struck me was the ice and snow on the lakes and how it fell naturally into patterns.
Much like sand in the desert, the wind forces the snow to define a low energy surface, here from high above...
Zooming in you can make out small drifts and areas of clear ice....
More of the same - almost like brushstrokes....
Here, it looks like you can see the shadows of the bigger drifts/weeds on the bottom thru the clear ice. Very interesting....
Next, I headed south to Saint Paul - yep, it is as cold as it looks....
River ice on the Mississip looks about the same...
What did we learn?? Flying the RV is a hoot no matter what the Temp!!!
Stay warm (and classy) VAfinistas!!!
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In fact our Cessna 172K (150HP) climbs out at over 1000 fpm in the real cold air. Makes that old bird act like a hot rod.
