I was scheduled to leave on Sunday morning but with 60% rain forecast, I decided to wait.
The trip started interesting, good. Mixed day First part scary, crazy & then thunderstorms around 3pm then drinking a Bacardi & Coke on a yacht.
Departure: Monday morning @ 10:00am Weather was pretty good - had to skirt around a few rain clouds. Landed on the Suwanee River a little tricky with the 8-9 mile an hour current. I needed to transfer the fuel to the wings. Also, landed on Lake Seminole-there was no shoreline, it was more of a swamp with gators; so, I had to get in the water keeping a close eye on the gators as I had to get one of the gas containers out of the float on the other side and to turn the airplane around in a bed of grass that I thought was a beach. Then landed @ Eufaula, AL. Met Dennis, who was gracious enough to take me in for the evening (approx.40ft yacht); otherwise, I'd be sleeping in my tent.
Tomorrow heading to Lake Martin and Guntersville. Check out the video of my departure out of the Suwanee River.
The trip started interesting, good. Mixed day First part scary, crazy & then thunderstorms around 3pm then drinking a Bacardi & Coke on a yacht.
Departure: Monday morning @ 10:00am Weather was pretty good - had to skirt around a few rain clouds. Landed on the Suwanee River a little tricky with the 8-9 mile an hour current. I needed to transfer the fuel to the wings. Also, landed on Lake Seminole-there was no shoreline, it was more of a swamp with gators; so, I had to get in the water keeping a close eye on the gators as I had to get one of the gas containers out of the float on the other side and to turn the airplane around in a bed of grass that I thought was a beach. Then landed @ Eufaula, AL. Met Dennis, who was gracious enough to take me in for the evening (approx.40ft yacht); otherwise, I'd be sleeping in my tent.
Tomorrow heading to Lake Martin and Guntersville. Check out the video of my departure out of the Suwanee River.
4 comments:
The weather in New Hampshire is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!! We look forward to seeing you.
Carol and Debbie
Steve
We will probably be in NC the begining of next week. Rafting is on the agenda. Your voicemail doesnt come on when I call using skype from South America. Greetings from Bogota and Ill call when I get up to the states tomorrow......Patrick
patrick, let me know what day you plan to go whitewater. does your friend have a lake in mind? Lat/Lon??
i thinking wed this week is good for whitewater rafting. im in N.C. today thru fri. call me if u can. steve
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