This picture Vera took was a surprise to me, I hadn't noticed the water lilies were starting to bloom.
Last Saturday we went to Clatskanie for a Cowlitz Valley Radio Control Flyers picnic and meeting. We stopped at the upper view point on Hwy 30 and I took this picture of the Longview Rainier bridge. I expected it to be rough since they are working on it, but there was only one spot where there was a steel plate that we had to slow down for.
This was the first test of the van for hauling airplanes and it worked great.
This is the setup the club has at Clatskanie. It is a nice place to fly and it is getting better all the time as improvements are made.
Mike R. has just launched his EDF model of the U-2, part jet and part glider. He got in some nice flights with it today.
During the meeting, there were I believe ten members there today.
They had a lot of donated radio control items for sale at very fair prices. I didn't really need anymore planes but I came home with two. I also delivered the drone Bob W. had donated to Don B. who was the first one to respond to the email I sent out about it.
We took what used to be the main highway to Clatskanie when we headed home. This is one of the bridges over Beaver Creek. The road is over grown with trees now and a little rough in places but a scenic and relaxing drive.
The road is now called the Beaver Falls Road. These falls are right next to the road. I showed Vera some of the spots I remember as a kid when we would go to Grandma Jarvi's house. Once we were stalled in a low spot during the flooding in 1948. We had gone to Grandma's house but on the way home the tide had come in and the car stalled crossing the low spot. The State had a truck stationed there that pushed us through. Then they used a Pyrene fire extinguisher to dry the ignition so the car would start, That made an impression as I can still remember it seventy five years later.
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