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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:45 am Post subject: the fly-in that wasn't/Lennish wx |
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Well, the weekend certainly turned out differently than I anticipated. We breathed a collective sigh of relief once the no-go decision was made on the fly-in, looked around and realized we weren't half as cleaned up and ready as we had wanted to be, sat back and watched God water the grass. And water, and water some more.
By this morning, we were under a county-wide flood warning and the river had risen from 1.6 feet of lazy clear water (1.8 feet is the minimum for a successful tubing trip and 2.0-2.2 is ideal for a gentle ride) to 11-plus feet of coffee-colored torrent. Look here to see what I mean: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/gauges/id/589/
The island off the end of the runway was half-submerged when I looked this morning. Unfortunately, the half that's under water includes the (former) site of the firewood pile, the fire ring, and the brand new picnic table we bought and placed there Friday afternoon before the fly-in. No one saw this coming. I saw no sign of the table when I checked; perhaps it lodged in the trees before the river could carry it to Richmond, and we can yet recover it. Shucks, that was a pressure-treated, Sikens-preserved piece of work. I had intended to anchor it in concrete footings, but not until the season for flooding this fall. Got caught pants-down this time! The dealer will wonder why I want to buy another one of his tables so soon.
The manual labor I did all week, getting the old pressure-treated deck replaced with Veranda and installing the Amish gazebo kit, has left me practically unable to move without Motrin; I'm a poster child for the ravages of age. Now I understand why the Army recruiter who called to talk to my son a few years back, laughed when I asked if I, at age 46, could enlist and fight Jihadis. I'm trying to imagine a platoon of fifty-somethings on an extended march and bivouac, much less in combat for more than a few minutes, wondering if they should surrender when the ibuprofen is exhausted, or wait till the ammo is also depleted. I don't know how the soldiers of old did it, soldiering on amidst all that adversity and privation, but it must've hurt miserably.
The July 4 weekend will probably be really nice conditions for flying, tubing, grilling and everything else summerlike, but I have a college orientation for my youngest to attend on June 30 and the following day my oldest son and wife are relocating to Farmville, VA, so wifey and I get to become furniture movers for a weekend. Pass the Motrin again.
I do have this hope: when July 8th rolls around, we'll be better-rested and more at ease about having guests descend. You'd think we might be getting the hang of this by now, but it still amazes me how much prep goes into just keeping the place half-presentable. We're not trying to impress anyone, but we want it ready and set for our friends when they finally arrive.
I'll keep everyone posted. No need to RSVP this time; we were expecting about 15 planes last week, and will shop accordingly this time, which will be close enough. I get to eat the left-overs anyhow, so no complaints here.
Fly safe, everybody.
-Stormy
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Dale Ensing
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Location: Aero Plantation Weddington NC
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: the fly-in that wasn't/Lennish wx |
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'.........11-plus feet of coffee-colored torrent.'
Guess that is what is meant by the expression:"the good Lord welling and the creeks don't rise"
I know.... know! The creeks are really the Creeks! (Indians)
Dale
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rwayne(at)gamewood.net
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: the fly-in that wasn't/Lennish wx |
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Wow! Didn’t wash out any bridges did it? I heard one was taken out by some large wooden object 
I definitely look forward to descending on your place 8 Jul. Thanks!
Wayne
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Subject: the fly-in that wasn't/Lennish wx
Well, the weekend certainly turned out differently than I anticipated. We breathed a collective sigh of relief once the no-go decision was made on the fly-in, looked around and realized we weren't half as cleaned up and ready as we had wanted to be, sat back and watched God water the grass. And water, and water some more.
By this morning, we were under a county-wide flood warning and the river had risen from 1.6 feet of lazy clear water (1.8 feet is the minimum for a successful tubing trip and 2.0-2.2 is ideal for a gentle ride) to 11-plus feet of coffee-colored torrent. Look here to see what I mean: http://www.americanwhitewater.org/gauges/id/589/
The island off the end of the runway was half-submerged when I looked this morning. Unfortunately, the half that's under water includes the (former) site of the firewood pile, the fire ring, and the brand new picnic table we bought and placed there Friday afternoon before the fly-in. No one saw this coming. I saw no sign of the table when I checked; perhaps it lodged in the trees before the river could carry it to Richmond, and we can yet recover it. Shucks, that was a pressure-treated, Sikens-preserved piece of work. I had intended to anchor it in concrete footings, but not until the season for flooding this fall. Got caught pants-down this time! The dealer will wonder why I want to buy another one of his tables so soon.
The manual labor I did all week, getting the old pressure-treated deck replaced with Veranda and installing the Amish gazebo kit, has left me practically unable to move without Motrin; I'm a poster child for the ravages of age. Now I understand why the Army recruiter who called to talk to my son a few years back, laughed when I asked if I, at age 46, could enlist and fight Jihadis. I'm trying to imagine a platoon of fifty-somethings on an extended march and bivouac, much less in combat for more than a few minutes, wondering if they should surrender when the ibuprofen is exhausted, or wait till the ammo is also depleted. I don't know how the soldiers of old did it, soldiering on amidst all that adversity and privation, but it must've hurt miserably.
The July 4 weekend will probably be really nice conditions for flying, tubing, grilling and everything else summerlike, but I have a college orientation for my youngest to attend on June 30 and the following day my oldest son and wife are relocating to Farmville, VA, so wifey and I get to become furniture movers for a weekend. Pass the Motrin again.
I do have this hope: when July 8th rolls around, we'll be better-rested and more at ease about having guests descend. You'd think we might be getting the hang of this by now, but it still amazes me how much prep goes into just keeping the place half-presentable. We're not trying to impress anyone, but we want it ready and set for our friends when they finally arrive.
I'll keep everyone posted. No need to RSVP this time; we were expecting about 15 planes last week, and will shop accordingly this time, which will be close enough. I get to eat the left-overs anyhow, so no complaints here.
Fly safe, everybody.
-Stormy
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: the fly-in that wasn't/Lennish wx |
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Creek indians. Hmmm. If that's the derrivation of the expression, then I just learnt somethin'! Neat, and it makes sense...
If the Creeks don't rise, the lawyers stay out of it and the Pawnee don't Sioux, we'll have us a fly-in in two weeks.
(Thought I'd let you "brave" a pun or two),
-Stormy
PS. The river's up to 13 feet now, and hopes are fading for recovering my picnic table.
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