Weds Sept 27 Solo'd north   /   Blu jumps into plane by himself!

This is what Blu does when we go to fly

Hides in a shadow like I can't see him .. LOL

I let him hide until I've finished prep'n plane

Yesterday, after I finished I walked over to lift him up to put him in ( damn he is heavy )

And .. he jumps up on the wing .. then into the plane ... all by himself .. I was shocked .. think he's finally accepted his Co Pilot status

Better shot of the oil production platform off Santa Barbara ... .still amazed they allow this .... lots single well tripods in the water as well

Mountains on the right - Pacific on the left

all the neat little towns like Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez,  Santa Maria tucked in between

Add to this heavy commercial and private traffic .. amazing how  many small airports for General Aviation

And many restricted airspaces for Nesting Eagles and Military

Makes for challenging flying

Today I wanted to see stuff .. so I flew solo without Chris .. much more fun

Santa Barbara .. you can see a Cruise Ship ( or very large yacht .. not sure)

Santa Ynez airport ... just did a low pass .. not much to see there .. at the airport at least

Santa Maria airport ... looks more interesting

Think I'll go back here this week end and do some sight seeing

Polly took me to see this house on PCH .. way south .. basically Santa Monica

A stupid price / tiny / and almost impossible to get in / out of given traffic on PCH .. can't believe people really want to live here

Beginning to think cities / towns further north are better to get out of the LA mess / culture