Good air

Lately I have been making "Dawn Patrol's". I check the local strips & make sure no aliens have landed during the night. I wander aimlessly around from covington To Eatonville & back. I'll practice what passes for a low pass with me by flying 1000' AGL over lakes Ohop & Kapowsin, and all the way to Orting. Usually it is calm out so early, but if there is turbulence it is worse closer to the hills & higher up. We had some real nice air this winter. I took advantage of them to land at Spanaway & find then land at Shady Acres. Shady is a fun strip to land on. Summer would be less of a challenge, but i hit it with snow on the ground. Deep enough to keep me honest & on the pavement. It was calm so I didn't have to back taxi. With those two I think i have landed at most of the local places. Except Vashon. I have seen Vashon from the ground as well as having flown over. I am waiting till they log it all off. A few mornings about all I could manage was a quick flight from Boeing to Auburn. Makes for a fine Saturday morning in glum winter weather. I don't need much ceiling to hop ten minutes down the valley. Heck I don't even need a chart. Then i get to hang out at Auburn Airport lounge to listen to some sage hanger flying from the more seasoned aviators . My wife doesn't get it. I could drive fifteen minutes to Auburn & have Coffee. Or I can drive fifteen minutes to Boeing, hop in a C-150 & fly to coffee. It makes perfect sense to me , & I bet if you're reading my blog then You too would take option "b" and drive the equal distance to Boeing. And on those lucky morning that I find good air I can fly around my little sandbox, and make sure hoards of tanks are not rolling out of the hills to invade our way of life.