On New Year's Eve Sue and Bob had dinner together with friends over at George's house. Then since Rich was in town on New Year's Day Sue took him up for a flight. George and I tag along in the back seat. That was all a lot of fun! Rich is working on his own pilot's license and so flew the front seat with Sue instructing.

But... First we had to get the snow cleared from the front of the hanger door. That was easier said than done. It had frozen the door to the ground. Just getting the door broken free of the ground was a challenge. George and Rich worked really hard chipping away at the ice so that we could pull the plane out and go for a flight. Then after the flight we had to chip the ice off in order to get the hanger door closed.

Here are George's pictures and all of his captions. I added the two of mine that came came out but otherwise thanks to George for all of these pictures.

	New Year's Dinner	New Year's Dinner	New Year's Dinner	Digging out the hanger.

	Sue teaching Rich about her plane.	Sue teaching Rich about her plane.	Bob and George get a fun ride in the back seat.	Yesterday's snowshoeing trail leaves the main road right in the middle, here.	Beautiful snowcovered rockies.

		The cabin in the middle here, was the end of the snowshoe hike.	Ft. Collins from the air.	Ft. Collins from the air.	Flying gives Rich a big smile.

	Ft. Collins & the foothills from the air.	Horsetooth lake	Horsetooth lake	Horsetooth lake

					Highway 34, up the canyon to Estes Park.

	A closer look at highway 34.

				The big pipes to/from Carter lake.

		How an irrigation canal crosses highway 34.

		Ft. Collins from the air.	A view of the old (closed) downtown airport. (right in the middle here).	The Owl Canyon Glider-port.	The Owl Canyon Glider-port.

	The Owl Canyon Glider-port.				We circled George's house for fun.

	We circled George's house for fun.	We circled George's house for fun.	We circled George's house for fun.	We circled George's house for fun.	We circled George's house for fun.

	We circled George's house for fun.	We circled George's house for fun.	Bob and Sue's house is off this way	The Fort Collins Loveland airport, We're going to land back there.

			What an irrigation system looks like under snow.

		Looking down on the hangers at the airport.	Looking down on the hangers at the airport.

			Rich is ready to turn final and take us home.	There's the runway ahead of us.

	Still making a good final.	The runway gets bigger.	...an bigger and closer	Touchdown!!	That's where we landed. Good job Rich.

					Rich and Sue take care of things.

		Rich is rightfully proud of his recent flight. And looks good next to Sue's plane.	Back in the hanger, we had to dig some snow out to close the hangar door.		And break up some ice there too.

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