It had rained hard last night and my trike was soaked. I learned my lesson and will put a cover over it next time. The rain messed up my radio, and Paul’s wasn’t working either. We took off with me in the lead and Paul right behind me.
...n headed out again.
On the way out, I scanned the surface for Swazy’s Leap, where the Lower...azy, according to the legend, jumped his horse across the canyon. Swazy’s Leap is zoomed in on the ri...
It wasn’t too bad initially. We headed towards Jicarilla Airport and the north/south valley that ends near Albuquerque starts there. I had the corset all the way in and was doing 65-70 mph ground speed.
...rough air out the northwest. Our ground speed dropped into the 30’s. I cranked the corset fully tight on the Nuvix and inched past the Bear’s mouth on the northern tip o...
Sunset was spectacular and I didn’t bother with a tent and slept under the stars. Our weather window closes tomorrow afternoon, with the winds becoming strong in the evening. Although we had an extra day scheduled for the trip, we are heading home.
We were 30 miles downwind from the summit of Mt Taylor, but didn’t feel too much turbulence. We had thought we would land at Double Eagle and top off our gas tanks, bu...
We head east retracing our route from Friday. Paul missed Royal Arch on the way out last Friday, so I took him by it this morning.
I don’t think I got this close, I just zoomed in with the telephoto on my camera instead. This arch is definitely calling to me.