Flight seeing in the PNW

[sportsguy]

So, being new to the Washington Puget Sound region, my wife and I decided to spend a couple hours seeing the area yesterday. Now, we could have opted to take the car, but that's not really what we were up for given we did a 4300 mile road trip to move here in June (links to pics below). Enjoyable, but hardly the way to "pack the max into the least time".

We could have opted to take the new Yamaha FJR1300, too. But worse then the car, the bike encourages you to slow down and enjoy the scenery you are in, though you do tend to find funner places to tour through.

Instead, we took a...........

That's right!

A deHavilland Beaver.

The day dawned cloudy and damp. With rain in the forecast, we were initially concerned that our flight might be canceled later in the day. That worry turned out to be moot. As the pics show, we had very good weather.

Took off just before 2PM and got back around 4PM. Well worth the time and money for sure.

Now, onto some pics & videos...



Seattle house boats

CoPilot's view enroute to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands

Built in 1895 ... (1954, actually)

A splash of the modern...

Full, empty, half - plenty of gas...

Friday Harbor traffic...

Leaving Lopez...

Approaching Lake Union landing

Videos (all under 3 min):

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All images:

Sea Plane flight seeing

Flight seeing 1

Flight seeing 2

Road Trip - 4300 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Redmond, WA

Road trip 1

Road trip 2

Road trip 3

Road trip 4

Road trip 5

Road trip 6

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Cool pics and nice flight report! Thanks for sharing -- looks like you had a great time... :clapping:

 

[sportsguy]

Can't say enough good about the Kenmore Air crew and the experience - it rocked! Glad you enjoyed.

 

[user 6393]

Can't say enough good about the Kenmore Air crew and the experience - it rocked! Glad you enjoyed.

Thanks for the pics! No better way to see the sound/coast... :thumbsup:

 

[Old Michael]

Really cool. An experience to remember I'm sure.