Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Report

Progress has been slowed by family events, work and the weather. I have been working on the dry transfer lettering on the overlays. The process is fussy and difficult with a steep learning curve. I am closing in on it and hope to have the overlays completed tomorrow, but we shall see.

The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been frightful. I understand that some New England folks may not think of 20" of snow as much of a big deal. But we are not used to it. Snow "storms" around here usually dump 3-6" and hang around for a couple of days. This series of storms has blanketed the area with 15-24" and has lasted a couple of weeks.

I went up to the airport a couple of days ago. I had too. I had hidden my wife's Christmas present in the hangar (it seemed a good idea at the time). The snow was knee deep between the hangars and was blown up against the doors. For a bit I wasn't sure I would be able to get the hangar doors open. Getting there had been a chore as well. The access gate was inoperative, so I had to enter at the FBO and slog through the snow to the hangar. Fortunately, the main taxi-ways have been plowed, which cut down on the slog, but gave me the opportunity to fall on my butt!

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