A Note for Jay Honeck

[Grumman 46U]

As much as you have wanted to visit the Hangar Hotel, you definitely
made the right decision about the direction of your vacation. We're
about 70 miles east of Fredericksburg, and here's a synopsis of what
we've enjoyed lately.

Sunday: solid IFR, light rain. Sunday night-Monday morning:
tremendous lightning (a sky->ground strike claimed a home near us),
torrential rains, high winds. Rain total for this event 3.47".
Monday: solid IFR, some rain. Tuesday: more rain, IFR, breaking in
the afternoon to broken clouds for awhile. Last night: light rain.
0844 this morning: solid IFR, fog, mist. Temps all this time are in
the high 60s - low 70s.

Myrtle Beach is definitely better. We used it as a "cross-country"
destination when I was doing my IFR training in Florence. Well, sort
of. It would be 1130, and my buddy would say, "I don't think we've
done your cross country yet. Guess we'd better fly to Myrtle Beach." I
think we did this maybe four times when we were really hungry. The
crew car was always ready at KCRE, and the staff was great.

I will never think of Myrtle Beach but what I'll see the ducks walking
on the backs of the carp when you throw fish food into the canals
they've developed. Really odd.


Michael
Grumman 46U

[Montblack]

(Grumman 46U wrote)
> As much as you have wanted to visit the Hangar Hotel, you definitely made
> the right decision about the direction of your vacation. We're about 70
> miles east of Fredericksburg, and here's a synopsis of what we've enjoyed
> lately.


Twin Cities (MN) saw mid 60's yesterday (Tue). Today will only be into the
40's around here. Possible rain on Thursday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiVJDpiwjks
"Buh-bye ....snow!!

Much of our (melted) snow has soaked into the ground. Monday afternoon we
needed to build a (15-ft long) walking bridge to the front door of our EAA
Hangar - a good sized lake was blocking the entrance. Last night I swung by
the airport to bring the particle board shelving planks inside the
building - because of possible rain. The ground where Minnesota's newest
lake had been the night before, was now just barely damp.


Montblack
(The shelving boards had plastic pop crates under them)

[Jim Burns[_2_]]

Same is happening here. The county was out last night with wheeled hoes
(the construction type, not the type you find in Las Vegas retirement homes)
opening culverts to let the water run. Many of the large snowmelt lakes are
gone this morning, but water is still running down the ditches and across
roads in some places.

After reading the recommendations about Galveston, I researched the area on
the web and it sure sounds like a great place to visit... except today...
3/4 inch hail forecasted for this afternoon. Ouch... that'll cause some
insurance claims :(

Jim

[Ross]

Montblack wrote:
> (Grumman 46U wrote)
>
>>As much as you have wanted to visit the Hangar Hotel, you definitely made
>>the right decision about the direction of your vacation. We're about 70
>>miles east of Fredericksburg, and here's a synopsis of what we've enjoyed
>>lately.
>
>
>
> Twin Cities (MN) saw mid 60's yesterday (Tue). Today will only be into the
> 40's around here. Possible rain on Thursday.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiVJDpiwjks
> "Buh-bye ....snow!!
>
> Much of our (melted) snow has soaked into the ground. Monday afternoon we
> needed to build a (15-ft long) walking bridge to the front door of our EAA
> Hangar - a good sized lake was blocking the entrance. Last night I swung by
> the airport to bring the particle board shelving planks inside the
> building - because of possible rain. The ground where Minnesota's newest
> lake had been the night before, was now just barely damp.
>
>
> Montblack
> (The shelving boards had plastic pop crates under them)
>
>
North Texas has been IFR all week with TS yesterday rolling through.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

[Gig 601XL Builder]

Montblack wrote:
> The ground where Minnesota's newest lake had been the night before,
> was now just barely damp.

So the slogan should be changed to "10,000 and counting"

[Ross]

Jim Burns wrote:

> Same is happening here. The county was out last night with wheeled hoes
> (the construction type, not the type you find in Las Vegas retirement homes)
> opening culverts to let the water run. Many of the large snowmelt lakes are
> gone this morning, but water is still running down the ditches and across
> roads in some places.
>
> After reading the recommendations about Galveston, I researched the area on
> the web and it sure sounds like a great place to visit... except today...
> 3/4 inch hail forecasted for this afternoon. Ouch... that'll cause some
> insurance claims :(
>
> Jim
>
>

Galveston is a great place to visit. My sister has a place there. She
can see the ships in the harbour from her house. Well she has to stand
in the street and look down it. Watch out for stringrays. My wife
stepped on one last May and that is not a pleasant experience. The
hospital is great though.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

[Jim Burns[_2_]]

I remember that thread about the stingrays. Sounded awfully painful.
Galveston is definitely on my "places to fly" list. It really sounds nice.
Jim

[Jay Honeck]

> As much as you have wanted to visit the Hangar Hotel, you definitely
> made the right decision about the direction of your vacation. We're
> about 70 miles east of Fredericksburg, and here's a synopsis of what
> we've enjoyed lately.

Definitely! We've been watching the weather --
Jay Honeck
Currently in Memphis, TN
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"in Texas all week, as we've traveled around
the Southeast -- and it's been an amazing demonstration of what a
persistent cut-off low pressure can do.

It's funny, but every time we've tried to go to the Hangar Hotel --
this is our third attempt -- the weather in Texas goes completely to
pot...

[Jay Honeck]

> Definitely! We've been watching the weather --
> Jay Honeck
> Currently in Memphis, TN
> Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"in Texas all week, as we've traveled around
> the Southeast -- and it's been an amazing demonstration of what a
> persistent cut-off low pressure can do.
>
> It's funny, but every time we've tried to go to the Hangar Hotel --
> this is our third attempt -- the weather in Texas goes completely to
> pot...

Whoa -- now THAT was weird. Don't ask me why that posted all garbled
-- heck, we haven't even been to the bar yet!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Currently in Memphis, TN
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[RST Engineering]

Well, shucks, if you want the Iowa City facilty to go to pot, we've got some
neighbors that can supply us with as much as you need.

It wasn't named "Grass Valley" for nuthin' ya know {;-)\


Jim


>
> It's funny, but every time we've tried to go to the Hangar Hotel --
> this is our third attempt -- the weather in Texas goes completely to
> pot...
>

[Dylan Smith]

On 2007-03-14, Jim Burns > wrote:
> the web and it sure sounds like a great place to visit... except today...
> 3/4 inch hail forecasted for this afternoon. Ouch... that'll cause some
> insurance claims :(

It's unlikely to pan out that way in Galveston, though. I can't say it
will never happen - but in all the time I lived in the Houston area, I
never saw *any* hail significantly further south of downtown. It's in
the forecast plenty of times though, but it rarely actually falls on the
Gulf coast. On the other hand, golf ball sized hail on the north side of
Houston - I called 1-800-WXBRIEF once when trying to get into the area
and was advised that a King Air had encountered 'large hail'. I bet
there were a few broken windows and dents in that plane.

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[Dylan Smith]

On 2007-03-14, Jim Burns > wrote:
> I remember that thread about the stingrays. Sounded awfully painful.
> Galveston is definitely on my "places to fly" list. It really sounds nice.

It is awfully shabby though. I don't know why property there sells for
so much, the place still looked very run down when I was there in early
Feburary. However, it is worth visiting for the Lone Star Flight Museum
and Moody Gardens, and you can get a good dinner there.

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