We flew home on Weds (or was it Tues?!). The sky was clear as a bell and the arial views were stunning!
There's Mt. Rainier, all of it's 14,000+ feet of glory!!
Puget Sound is especially interesting from the air with all of it's water ways and islands.
Look! There's even an island with some 9 patches!
Moving South we got a great view of Mt. Saint Helens. Remember that one? I'll give you a hint:
CABOOM!!!!!!!!!!
It's hard to believe but it's been more than 40 years since it erupted in Mar. of 1980!
That's Mt. Jefferson off in the distance and directly below is some of the rich agricultural land of Central Oregon (now there's a crazy patchwork!
In the center of this next Picture you can see the "Three Sisters" and Mt. Bachelor just beyond them on the right.
At the base of the East side of the Three Sisters is the charming little town of "Sister's" Oregon. It is Home to the famous Sister's Out Door Quilt Show!
A little farther South we passed almost right over Crater Lake!
We missed seeing Mt. Lassen and Mt, Shasta on account of Cloud cover but the clouds cleared in time to see the Northern end of the San Fransisco Bay You can just see the mouth of the Sacramento river under the wing tip of the plane.
And a view of the Bay Bridge and Down Town of San Fransisco!
And a clear shot of the Salesforce building. It is so much freaking taller than any of the other buildings it's crazy!!
All this arial viewing got me thinking about map quilts.
I think I've got an idea for my next quilt project...
stay tuned.
Have a great Weekend!
take care, cw
Oh, I had fun flying with you! Glad you had a clear day to capture so many good visual memories.
ReplyDeleteYou got great views the entire way! So cool to see them from the sky!
ReplyDeleteI was waving at you as you passed over Sunriver and the Cascades/three Sisters!! Hope you had a great visit!
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