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yourtcfg(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject: Fwd: NICE WEEKEND

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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:19 pm Post subject: Fwd: NICE WEEKEND

Hi JimBob,

  

 "Nice weekend"?

  

 I'd call that a GREAT weekend!

  

 Best Regards,

 Barry

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From: yourtcfg(at)aol.com (yourtcfg(at)aol.com)

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Sent:    Sun, Jul 18, 2010 9:31 am

Subject: NICE WEEKEND



   

HI KIDS....I had a couple of really nice flights in"    triple 2 Jim&Sue"

   , our reliable old 608E.  I just finished the    annual insp and the weather turned GREAT!  Jimmy Rodriguez and his family    were visiting as well as our granddaughter, Jillian.  We all decided to    fly to Friday Harbor WA, in the San Juan Islands.  It seemed fitting    since the Rodriguez family live in San Juan PR!  We filled every seat (7)    and 170 gal of fuel and blasted off from our 2700 ft strip.  The old    Commander went out of there like the space shuttle and quickly climbed to 6500    ft,  The air was silky smooth and the visibility UNRESTRICTED!  We    passed by MY Adams, and St Helen (more about that later).  Then Mt    Rainier.  MT Jefferson was in the distance to the north.  All still    have plenty of snow  

   We flew around the Naval facility at Bremerton WA and    counted five aircraft carriers in port.  Man, they are big.  Even    the small carriers look impressive.  Next we flew past my old stomping    grounds of Polsbo WA where I made my living for many years flying my Bi plane    /Float plane from the seaplane dock.  Just past Polsbo, we got a look at    the naval submarine base at Bangor.  it is a large facility and there was    a "Boomer" at the dock, cool!!  Then on to FHR .  The    approached is really scenic as you turn over the pictuest harbor.  It is    a short walk to town and a number of nice restaurants.  We picked one    that gave us a view of the ferry dock and several came and went during our    stay.

   After a great seafood lunch, we rented bikes and took    a 6.5 mike ride.  The weather could not have been better with clear sky,    light winds and 75 drg.

   A short walk back to the airport and off for    home.  On the way I deviated just a bit to the East to get a great look    at Mt St. Helens.  It has been 30 years since it erupted and is still an    awe inspiring.  There is no longer a restricted area above the crater so    we flew just next to it.  Amazing, nothing like it.

   We were back on the ground a short ten minutes    later.  It was a great day!!

   Jimmy and his family left for home the next day, we    missed them!  So we got back in the Commander and joined a small group    from our airport heading for the coast.  This time I loaded six aboard    and we headed for North beach, but the fog was not lifting as predicted, so we    diverted to Pacific City.  It is a great spot on the Oregon coast, a    little south of Tillimook.  The strip is 1800 feet long with a restaurant    at one end.  The commander handled it with no problems!  It was a    short walk to a restaurant named "The Gratefully Bread" famous for their    bakery.  Had a great lunch and then back home in just 30 minutes.  I    had installed a new intercom system, with music.  It did not take long    for my grand daughter and her friends to figure out that if they talked to    entire time, they could interrupt my music.  I guess they were not into    Conway Twitty!!  Two fun Commander trips.

   jb

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