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We used to fly our Mooney M20C up to Homer....ConcowRider

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Hey, Dave, I used to have an M20J. We'd fly our Ridgebacks (see post 234 above) around in it. Wonderful airplanes; I always thought of them as flying BMW's.

Going to Homer....that's heavy duty flying. Furthest north I got in mine was Yellowknife, and scared myself silly getting through the smoke from the summer forest fires.

Rinty

Sorry this is a bit off topic but here goes.

Rinty, Flying to AK was a "trip". With only 9 inches of prop clearence (yes I measured) and being low slung the Mooney looked like a 911 Porsche at a 4X4 truck convention. Some of those Super Cubs on tundra tires had 36 inches between prop and the ground.

We encountered a forest fire north of Williston Lake and called Watson Lake radio to report it. They said not to worry because it had been burning for a while and the fall rains would put it out pretty soon?? Coming from CA. that was a very different answer than I expected. Fort Yukon AK. was as far north as we went. It is 8 miles north of the Arctic Circle so I guess we done OK. We flew through lots of rain but overall were very lucky with the weather. We showed up at Whitehorse FSS and got briefed and the sat images showed the Inside Passage was severe clear all the way down so, off we went. We came south to Victory Int. after a fuel stop in Prince Rupert. It took us ~ 7 hours in the Mooney to do what 20 years later would take us months in MV ACCORD.

We only took our Abisinian cat (Abigail) on one flight in the Mooney and she was so totally freaked out that we never tried that (bad idea) again. I think dogs do much better in that kind of environment.
Sorry no digital images of Abby Cat. Maybe in the future, when we get more hardcopy scanned in.

Cheers
Dave, Dot & Freckles Doggie

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...we were very lucky with the weather...ConcowRider

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Truly, because, as you know, a Mooney won't carry enough ice to chill a Martini. Although Richard Collins picked up 4" of rime on a 201 once; slowed him down to 105 knots.

Our Abyssinian...was totally freaked out...

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That is too funny, and I can imagine what it would be like to have one inside an aircraft. We have one of those little spitfires too, (see post 219 above) and she's asthmatic. So you can imagine how much fun my wife and I have giving her the inhaler, twice a day. The first time we did it, we were well and truly scarred up.

Our Ridgeback was fine, though, even during multiple touch and go's.

Rinty

Belated HVD from Skippy

Skippy sent this Valentine's Day greeting to Bonnie, my Cairn terrier, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind sharing it with all of you too.

Skippy lives in sunny California.....lucky dog!

Although, come to think of it, there is nothing Bonnie loves more than plunging her nose into fresh snow....and we've got plenty of that here in Alaska.

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska

Uma and Kodak Airborne

Romping together on the frozen Lake Huron Beach.

Okay, I'll take a stab at this...
Here's my cat, Lydia, helping with the housework.



She likes being vacuumed!

Buckley - back - He was a weekend guest.
Sassy - middle
Ruby - foreground

Passing the torch

All right, listen up youngster. Best place to unroll TP is in the upstairs bathroom, rawhide bones get buried north of the house and we never, never loose control in the house, most of the time, ya hear?

2 riders in the house, both on bikes of top quality German heritage, so it's only right that there are 2 dogs of top quality German heritage (both were born in Germany).
this is Cargo (he's a total load).. just over 1 year old, as sweet as could possibly be, and a complete gomer

on his 1 year b'day...

as a pup, playing with Magda....

Maggie, although only a bit more than 1/2 his size, still thoroughly dominates him...

raw size is no match for speed and agility

and this is Gizmo, our Maine Coon. He loves nothing better than harrassing either of the dogs. Well, that and chasing a laser dot around the living room floor..

Lotta fur on this kitty..

I recently uploaded a couple videos I created a few years ago to YouTube.

Here's one of our Westie, Gavin, practicing a few of his agility runs in the backyard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLuOegSS0As

Gary Benson
Eagle River, Alaska

Petersberg Ak.

Got food?

Another hard day

Me and my budies resting after a hard day.

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Me and my buddies.....GSDennny

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You've got two Abyssinians? That must be an exciting household!

This reminds me I should get our fireplace tech in to get ours going again, so all the little critters can curl up in front of it.

Rinty

How to Dry a Cat



contentment after drying.....

"Its Warm in Here!"



RM

A Simon Sunday......

I'm out riding and my ten year old Maine Coon cat "Simon" has his winter coat working for him as he catches some needed down time after a tough week......

Cats always seem to be up to something, especially if they're not doing anything.


Buster Black Jack ... resident schemer.

Anything you're doing, no matter how trivial, is always of utmost fascination for your cat. It's quite flattering, really.

Re post 290: I'm sure everyone knows this already, but you want to be extra careful with them around dryers; or they may end up going for a terrible ride. We keep them out of the laundry room when we're doing laundry.

Rinty

Candie

Yes Rinty, this household can get pretty crazy when they decide to hunt, us mainly...

Candie is a ruddy abyssinian, and just like her name, she can be "sweet and sour"

Conan

Conan, the entertainer a.k.a. Mr Mojo, the coolest cat in the house.