Everyone is doing what I expect. Jackson and Sharpton are staying home, though Biden stopped by for a few hours last week (to buy some pot in Greeley?), and I think Obummer is planning his next vacation. All is well.
Took the PA28-200 (Piper Arrow, with retracts and variable prop) up for 1.1 hours this afternoon. One full stop and Ft. Collins/Loveland airport, then headed toward Casa Hall for an aerial survey. The plan looked good on paper, but flying along at 110mph and 2,000-3,000' above *lowest* terrain (we have that here, lots of it) makes for some lousy pictures.
CO-7 appears mostly fine. No major lengths of wash-outs. I saw 6-8 sections 50-100' long that were washed out, and I saw several BIG pieces of yellow equipment blowing an occasional puff of grey smoke on the road. Three down by Hall Ranch (no relation) about 2 miles W of Lyons, and another set 2-3 miles further uphill to the west.
Lyons definitely looks different from the air, especially where the river is, or was :-/
Attached pix is of Middle Fork Ranch, about 2 miles up Riverside Drive from me. I airbrushed in where the river *was*. The ranch hand was sleeping in the small house with the beige roof, he climbed the hill (bottom of pix) and down to my place that night. Errr, early AM. Look close and you can see his driveway (with bridge), and some damage to Riverside Drive.
Check my profile for my location, or zoom in on my pin on the member map. The streets are named.
