Lone Puzzle Piece

It has been a great summer season and it is exciting to see so many pilots laying down amazing flights and so many reaching new milestones and accomplishing new goals. As a fellow pilot, it continues to inspire me and make me smile. Self Portrait – Jeff crossing...

Raging July

There has been much discussion lately about the ‘weird’ weather. Since the fourth of July the sky explodes daily into massive clouds of over development leading to the most violent thunder, lightning, and torrential downpours of literally inches of rain in...

June Melts Away

It seems the seasons are ever shifting outside normal limits, at least that is what it feels like to me. I look back upon the weather bookmarks in my mind, searching and seeking for a definition of normal, only to discern that what I am experiencing now is, well, not...
Le Tour de Utah

Le Tour de Utah

As I stare out the window across the barren landscape passing by me in darkness, reflecting on the events of the day. My body sinks into exhaustion, but my mind is awake, perhaps it is the Wendy’s hamburger and fries that is keeping me going, but I doubt it. It...
Le Tour de Utah

Wasatch Dreaming

I have had the pleasure of living in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains nearly all 40 years of my life. I am not a transplant from Colorado, California, Connecticut or any other state that doesn’t start with a ‘U’. Through the years I have witnessed...

Skywalk Chili 3 Review – Initial Thoughts

The sky is closing in, and a patch of unsettled air is on the doorstep thus terminating any flying opportunities for the next few days. Just another springtime in the Wasatch mountains. This reprieve does give me a chance to pause and offer some thoughts on the new...