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| Jesse Takes the Controls |
In the clouds above Longmont two things surprise: the amount of water below and the thickness of the trees. Keith pilot of the twin engine Beechcraft, Keith ticked off the checklist and in the absence of a tower announced to anyone listening that we were taking off from Longmont's little airfield. Jesse sat in as co-pilot on the flight to Cheyenne, his first time in the saddle. Mary and I sat in back and took photos.
Keith explained that concentrations of trees on the Colorado high plains indicate human habitation. We passed over forested areas called Longmont, Loveland, Berthoud, Greeley, Ft. Collins. While we didn't buzz our house, we did fly a bit lower, as well as over the UNC Foundation in Greeley where I used to work.
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| Fields & Towns East of the Mountains |
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| Our Home 2 Blocks E of Football Field |
The patchwork of roads, fields, mountains, lakes, ponds and rivers caused a pang of longing to make quilts. Viewed from the air, Colorado seems empty, contrasted to crowding we feel in a car on Hwy I-25 through Denver.
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| Capturing the Wind |
The wind towers near Cheyenne did their solitary dance against the horizon like the monument at Stonehenge. While the Y-shaped blades seemed invisible at times,we could see their shadows.
