Sunday, January 8, 2017

Option : Stand Down.

Week after all the holiday time off and still cranking on the back-ups. When it take 17 hours to move one file of files... well.... it does take a while. Since we had an install of new displays and some new computers for forecasting and also administration it was a busy start and then a slow down and also some corrections to the cabling because there are "three different configurations" of setups. Seriously.. why? Made for some irritation and again.. recabling.


So we were looking forward to flying Saturday..... yeah.... We got snow in town which caused some excellent freezing beneath the nice white dusting which made the New Mexican drivers freak the heck out.

If you are driving down an hill and you pass two cars backwards and against the curb ya just have to ask yourself why..... and perhaps go a little slower...naa... lets still go down the hill and then try and stop near the bottom... not really gonna happen.. nope.. slide side ways... yaaaa... block everyone else... we have all the time in the world for your foolishness. YEP!

The last thing I saw before rolling slowly into my office parking lot was a certifiable loon on a mini moped driving.. well.. he was moving forward but with both feet dragging to keep him upright through the snow. Please stop this.... its just stupid and you will become a speed bump for others.

I should have stayed home.... most did.. next time I will.

So.. Saturday because a pass as the wind chill was 5. Not gonna do that. Postponed to Sunday for the AAAA rally in Fiesta Park but it turned out to be a twitchy spinny jiggly airspace... of which I was not going to get into. Some did and that was cool...but I wanted to check out my instruments and test a few things... and this was not going to happen with this going on....

Ah well..... Setting up for next weekend. Westside! Timing... Hoping. Here are some shots......

Lots of clouds so the sun could not get out. Wells Fargo went up and South and landed. Hmmm......

Chain Gang and Unchained nudging each other....

Simulated Pilot. LOL. Nice pop up and wander over and around the field.

Overhead meander. They were going North, South, East and a little West... Silly Squirrels.

The Air Forces Lows Speed Direct Bomber... Hope you don't mind us going for the alternative target or a different target.. or just your back yard... Really... the Civil Air Patrol got a new balloon from Lindstrand and were off to fly it about.. Pretty and white... Don't know how long it will be white out here.

There she is. Integrity.... That's her name.

Wind shifts on the ground.... Oops. Those that laid out and got off fast did fine. Those that dallied had the winds shift and had their crowns pushed back in. Three had problems.. one went up around and back over the wrong way and over a vehicle. Uh Oh.

Christmas morning and Emmers didnt care anything for presents but did want her Uncle Mo to put her mismatched socks back on. This kid is so funny. She has now learned how to crawl with things in her mouth so she can take them with her.

Christmas was fun as Emily was here to enjoy her views of all the stuff. She did like a lot of boxes instead of the toys. New Years eve was as quiet. Hmmm.. getting old.. no... Old already.

Whew!