My flying lessons have been progressing pretty well, the biggest problem I’ve had so far has been getting landings down pat. For some reason I have problems with the idea of pointing the plane at the ground for the landing. Yesterday I think I finally got the nack of it though, I made 5 successful landings and 2 of them were almost perfect. More important I really got the feel for the landing procedure and it just felt right.
New Links
A friend sent me a link to the Man’s Periodic Table which is the funniest most sexist thing I have seen in a long time. Then Brian sent me a link to his site BDDPro.com which has trail maps and elevation profiles for a bunch of Sacramento area and Tahoe trails.
Northstar at Tahoe and Keyesville Photos
I finally posted my Northstar photos. These are several weeks old and I’ve just been slow getting them online Check out the Northstar Photos here. Additionally Kevin and I headed down to Bakersfield for the annual October Classic at Mesa Marin Speedway so I took the opportunity to ride at Keyesville Recreation Area, which is home to the Keyesville Classic Mountain Bike Race. Check out the Keyesville Photos Here.
Auburn Ravine from the Sky
A couple of weekends ago Terry and I took his plane to Auburn for a burger at the airport cafe (great food). While we were in Auburn I figured I would swing by the Ravine and take some Aerial Photographs of the Auburn Ravine and surrounding areas. I had hoped to catch a few shots of Salmon Falls Trail as well but my batteries failed me.
Learning to Fly
I am now officially a student pilot. Earlier today I logged 1.4 hours of flight time in a Cesna 172. We flew circles around the area south of Stockton and made a few landings at a single strip runway right off of highway 33 (I think New Jerusalem). I made 2 successful landings (assisted) and aborted 3 other landing attempts.
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New Front Page
I have made a new front page on the site, the changes are subtle but hopefully for the better. I have set it up so the front page of the site is now fed from a database which will make posting stories a lot easier for me. There is also an option for readers to comment on stories and ridicule me publicly.
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Website Problems
On October 1st my web hosting provider made a major change to the way web scripts are used on the system. As a result all of the ride reports on my site were totally inaccessable. I have been out of town so I didn’t notice until today. After about 5 hours of tinkering things are back online. Sorry for the inconvenience.
On a happier note, I have posted some pictures from a Boggs Mountain ride I did with Eric, Danny and Kelly. I also got a great ride in at Northstar and I will be posting new pictures there. There are a few more goodies coming soon, but I will save the suprise until they are ready.
Bear Valley
I finally managed to get a decent ride report up for our Bear Valley ride a few weeks ago. These are the same pictures I posted a couple weeks ago but with some additional details about the trails.