Last day of Spring

Its been a weird year. More rain, snow and wind than seems normal. As they say "The only thing that stays the same, is that every thing always changes". The "normal" spring weather was missing as well, with few days that would lead one to trundle his little airplane out of its snug hangar to get tossed around the sky.

The weekend was stormy with rain, and last night there was a early dose of lightening that was rocking the sky to the North. Happily it was accompanied with rain so there were no columns of smoke this morning. It was far enough away that we couldn't even hear the thunder, but the light show was pretty spectacular.

I got up early this morning, and Karen and I did our runway walk. When we got back I checked the wind forecast. It wasn't all that bad, but was supposed to come up in the noon time frame. I eventually ran out of excuses and rolled the plane out so that I could check the river conditions for a possible fishing trip.

The air was actually pretty nice and I fear that I am in danger of becoming a wuss, so I resolved to do a bit better in the future.

https://vimeo.com/222426663   password-     owyheeflyer

There is feature with these Vimeo  videos that will try to match video quality with your down load speed. The video is uploaded at 1080 highest quality. This gives a video that is sharp enough to actually see some features of the landscape. You can change the speed it is playing by clicking the HD letters. It will show that it is on the "auto" setting.  I always click 1080. If it gets a bit jumpy by stopping, you can click on it to start the video, then pause the playback until the video gets far enough ahead to run smoothly. Depending on your down load capabilities it is well worth the wait. At least it is for me.