You poor southerners

[senior]

Just a little pic to show you southern guys what your missing.

I guess you could call this amphibious

Taken today.

[Guest]

Re: You poor southerners

Wow it was over 80 degrees F here today.

Our grass is browning turning to green, we don't have any of that white grass.

[Hank Jarrett]

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We have white and pink grass here. The wind is blowing and there are Dogwood flowers everywhere! Pretty soon the pine trees will be dropping pollen and we will have yellow EVERYTHING.
As much fun as the white cold stuff might be to fly off of, we will pass on it. Being from the mid-west we know how to drive in it, but these guys from below the Mason Dixon line drive like CRAZY people when it snows! Can't even GET to the airport when the roads have even a dusting. They close schools here when there is a forecast of ANY snow.
Hank

[crispy critter]

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They have certinly taken the liability of a snow day a bit too far...I can remember once when I was in 7th or 8th grade, it started snowing early that morning and the bus got stuck so they brought chains to get us to school. Once there we spent the rest of the day and they had to get chains to get us back home that afternoon with almost a foot of snow on the ground. The bus wouldn't run on the side roads so everyone on my road had to walk from the main....about a mile for most of us. Everyone got to my house and waited for a ride on up the road by whoever went by. The next day was Friday and they did call school off that day but we were right back on Monday with all the side roads still cover in snow. None of us ever got hurt doing that and even if we had, my parents wouldn't blame the school or bus driver for bad weather...monday thru Friday was school days and that just how it was. Now they call off school if there is a definite chance of accumulating snow or even if there is a dusting that might cause a bridge to be slick. What is happening to our standards now days?

[Forrest Barber]

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All is well in Allaince, OH . Birds are chirping; the Ospreys and Eagles are flying with the Buzzards. My skydivers are ahving a great time. I am rolling and moving dirt not making it to S N F but Bob Ollerton will be at the forum I will start a thread for acivity down there. Gee that picture of the North makes me happy here in Ohio. They love it up there , crisp air , good seafood, Beautiful views.....

[Dick Smith]

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Ak Tribe, I just got back from about 3 months of Snowbirding in Arizona. It's still winter here on the Kenai. I wanted to get in some ski flying before the lake ice goes to pot. It was 96 Deg. F in Apache Junction about 2 1/2 weeks ago. When I drove in the driveway here at home, I was beginning to think I'd slipped a cog! The snow drifts are 5 feet high. I've been wearing cutoffs and riding my bike down south...must be crazy! However after flying skiis for 3 or 4 hours, my perspective started to change...I'm really blessed to be able to do this...! Any of the Tribe gets down towards Nikiski...stop in and have some coffee.
(The plane in the background belongs to "Staton", new hand on the forum. He traded a nice C-150 for this BC12D-85).
Dick

[Guest]

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The that the pollen is flowing today I am starting to think that I should have kept my skis when I left NY for NC.

I think that pretty soon it will so thick that I could ski on the pollen covering.

[cvavon]

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DICK glad your back on the site keep us up to date on what is happening in AK.

[Dano"T"]

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We got 10" last night....still winter in da UP

I've been putting some hours on my Cub this winter.... Finished the restoration last November

[senior]

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What a pretty bird

[gnflyn]

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I have to chip in here. All last week at Sun n Fun, weather was great and lots to see. Today we got our airports back, most everyone is gone now. Flew today, light winds, deep blue skies, and 80 degrees. Back home and a dip in the pool, water at 80 degrees, ride my bike some...
Its tough, but I hang in there...............

[waltermrich]

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I spent 5 years of my early life in the Sub Tropics, the rest of my long life in the colder northern climes, I still struggel with wishing to be back where its warm all year.

[Hank Jarrett]

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Hey! It's not warm ALL the time! It was 68* outside when I got up this morning.

Hank