Oct 08 2011

Day 9… Stuck in Salt Lake City

This morning, after a couple of cups of cappuccino, I check the weather and it was still raining with heavy overcast. After my experience yesterday, there was no way in hell I am heading to Truckee California (about 2.5 hrs) over the mountains again at 13,000 ft. Ric said… STAY. Didnt take a lot of arm twisting to convince me.

After breakfast, Ric said, “I am taking the dog for a walk wanna come?” At first I said no, then thought about it and decided to go…. I need some exercise. I thought he was just going around the block.

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but Ric had a great nature trail near his house and off we went.

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A good hike was just what I needed. I really enjoyed walking in the wood, and seeing the mountains in the background.

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Whats wrong with this picture? Talk about higher education! I bet this doe-doe gets a lot of takers……

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We headed off the the airport and after checking the the bird out in the corporate hanger, we found all is well,

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Its off to the Ric’s hangar to check out his Berkut. What a nice airplane and the workmanship was impeccable. I cant wait to see this oversized LongEZ with 260 six cylinder horse power take off…. It is going to be a rocket ship!

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This airport is a hot bed of experimental aircraft… this one is a winner at the Reno Air Races. It only has 100 hp and can race at 175 mph and can turn at 12 G’s. The neat thing is it has wood wings and was designed in the 1950’s. How cool is that?

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Ric asked if I wished to go up for a quick flight in his Kapana C1 airplane and I enthusiastically said yes. What a beautiful bird…. slow and sweet.

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We flew around the mountains to the valley on the others side and over the great Salt Lake.

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Another beautiful western sunset and it off for some sushi and to get ready for the next leg of my adventure….

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