April 23, 2006 - Flying the Eastern Shore |
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It rained all Saturday and the forecast for Sunday was not much better.
I worked on the Kitfox all Saturday. It was still overcast Sunday
morning. I worked on the Kitfox some, but I was really in a funk
because of being cooped up all weekend. But the skies started
clearing around noon and by 2PM I was on my way out to Essex Skypark.
By the time I took off, there wasn't a cloud in the sky! Visibility wasn't very good though, less than ten miles. You could hardly see across the bay. On the positive side, though, the air was very smooth. I just headed across the bay to the eastern shore for some fun low and slow. The picture below doesn't do this house and estate justice. What a nice spread! |
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Another nice waterfront mansion.
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| This particular big mansion is surrounded by open fields. Chestertown is visible in the background, across the Chester River. | ||||||
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Rolling in on the Chester River.
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| I noticed all these duck blinds on the river. Some of them were elaborately camouflaged -- not this one, though. | ||||||
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| There's a nicely camouflaged duck blind just right of center. | ||||||
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| Heading west across the bay, the air was so smooth that I didn't even need to hold the stick. You can just see the outline of the western shore ahead. My hour and twenty minute flight was just what I needed. The funk was gone and I felt great for the rest of the Sunday. | ||||||
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