Monday
Got a call around 11 from Shawn. It’s a perfect day for flying! I met him down at Boeing field and he introduced me to the Sesna. Kind of like an old Volkswagen with wings. We flew to San Juan island 45 minutes (as the “crow” flies) North of Seattle. Absolutely gorgeous and exciting! Not sure how the footage will turn out, but I recorded over an hour, so something’s gotta turn out cool. I made sure I taped every take-off and landing. Landing is “fun” part. We also did stalls at around 3,000 feet. Kind of like the crux of a roller coaster’s hill and heading straight down for a couple of seconds. That feeling of stomach coming up into your throat thing.
We found Salmon Clam Chowder at our last stop at Friday Harbor. We called it the $100 dollar chowder. There’s a book called the Hundred Dollar Hamburger. Now that you have your pilot’s license, what are you going to do? Fly to lunch. The burger may be $5, but the plane rental is much more. I might try and cut something together as a little short doc titled “Hundred Dollar Chowder”.
After flying around, Shawn and I met with Marilyn, Luci and Sarah for dinner. We went back to their house and watched the ½ hour work in progress. They were very impressed and paid us many compliments. It feels good to be trusted by everyone so much.
Tomorrow’s our last full day in Seattle. We’ll return the equipment and take a ferry ride on Puget Sound. The weather seems to be holding up well. It’s sunny and cool. I’ve been told not to spread the rumor of beautiful weather in Seattle for fears of everyone moving here! So really the weather is awful. It rains all the time and it’s so cold. ;-)