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Heat Wave

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We got a record-setting heat wave for this time of year the last several days so some of us local pilots went for a nice evening flight in short-sleeve weather. We flew out to Murphy and back.

Everyone doing their engine warmup and preflight inspections…

Who’s watching me? (Ava’s plugging her ears…)
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Time to get up in the air
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Beautiful green farm fields are fun to fly over and they smell great too!
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Entrance to Kuna Cave
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Todd flying over the Snake River
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Nice view flying over the canyon
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air-to-air photography
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Just flying back home low and slow
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And caught a nice sunset on the way home. That’s Lake Lowel off in the distance about 10 miles.
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Mother’s Day

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On Mother’s Day we went to Jenn’s dad’s house for breakfast. Since it was a nice day we spent most of the time outside chatting.

Here’s aunt keeto

And “Granny”

And the two sisters

THEN the sprinklers came on in the field next door, and Ava HAD to go play in the sprinklers. We didn’t have a bathing suit with us, so Ava ran around naked and had a blast.

Look at mommy go!

Is this fun or what?

MK Nature Center

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Last Saturday we went to the MK Nature Center where they had an event for kids on migratory birds. Ava even got to see a live owl and a hawk up close (handled by a guy giving a presentation).

But before we went there we took the dogs (we are dog-sitting) for a walk at the school near our house.

Ava at the playground

Ava and “Momma” – she has been calling Jenn “Momma” a lot lately instead of Mommy.

She looks so old to me in this picture.

Ava loved getting a crane painted on her face and showing it off

Lots of wildlife to see.

Fish under the bridge (trout)

And fish viewing windows that Ava loved:

We even saw a blue heron up close!

Ava LOVES bugs, here she is catching ants to hold them

Ava bird watching (yes the binoculars are backwards AND upside-down)

Ava holding a real (stuffed) wood pecker. She wanted to “fly it”.

All in all, a very fun day!