Back from "Off the Grid"

Happenings on Monday 22 July 2013
Sunday was a beautiful day and the air was as clear as possible. We were hoping Monday would be the same. It wasn't quite as clear but was actually calmer for our flight. We got up Monday morning, had breakfast, broke camp, and headed for our appointment with a float plane. The plane we flew was a 1948 Cessna 195 - N145V. I was really excited since I had never flown in a 195 before and had never taken off from water!

Once Roger got us loaded we got the safety spiel including the fact that while on the water we are actually a boat and so he made sure we knew where the life jackets were. Then he climbed in and we took off!

Here we go into the wild blue yonder!

We had one hour of flight time and we headed north towards Baxter State Park.

Moosehead Lake has lots of little islands.
They are mostly privately owned and many
have houses on them.

Our skid

From the air it is sure obvious
just how many lakes there are

Once we reached Baxter Roger pointed out some of the sites to us.
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This is Double Top mountain!
If you look closely you can see both tops.

A large hydroelectric damn.

Even Trox seemed to enjoy the flight!

I had Trox sit up front so I would have the back seat to myself. Roger had rigged the seat belt so it went from one side to the other and I could slide from side to side. On our way back we flew over and toured part of Moosehead Lake.

This rock formation can be seen for
miles and is a well known landmark!

At its base the lake is at its deepest.
About 250 feet.

This little peninsula is a private resort.
Golf course and all.

I think the little lake in the distance is Indian Pond.
The place we headed right after our flight.

Not a bad little place for a private home.

And back to Greenville.

Flaps down in preparation for landing.

Our runway.

Unbelievably smooth landing.

And once again we are a boat.

Thank-you, Roger and November-one-four-five-Victor.