Trip to Spokane
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Took a day trip yesterday over to Spokane. Picked up my friend Steve at Paine Field and then cruised over Stevens Pass to Spokane. PAE to SFF was about 1.5 hours burning 7.5 gph in cruise. Not bad. Excuse the goofy farmer’s hat, but it keeps my ears from getting burned.
We hung out with our friend Jeff and checked out his new hangar and RV-7A progress. Both were top notch.
On the way back, we swung up north to check out Grand Coulee dam.
And the Cascades were showing off their full glory. You can barely see Rainier in the first picture and Mount Baker is in the second.
Surprisingly, the way back was not too bumpy and a relatively cool 65 degrees up at 8500′. Down on the ground was a different story with Seattle matching the previous high temp of 91°F for the day.