The plan was to get off work Friday finish loading up and head out for the 260nm flight. The weather had other ideas. The ceilings and visibility were adequate, the high winds(35 gusting to 40) coming from the west over the Continental Divide were not. Kris is a bluebird day flyer and this trip was to be enjoyable. We waited hoping things would settle down as the evening came. No joy, We cancelled. But left the plane loaded.
Next morning we had to wait for the kennel to open. Managed to get launched around 0840. Foreflight called for high winds again, but we had clear skies and could go high to keep out of the rough stuff. looks like it'll be 1.8hrs.
Route 8U8-KTHM-ID75-45ID-66S The jog at 45ID is to keep from dropping in over the top of the rocks.
Forecast was correct 35kts on the nose at 10500. here's looking north at the Mission Mtns. 45 minutes done and pretty smooth
As we neared KTHM, I dropped to 6500 to get out of the headwinds but we had constant choppy turb. We would have sucked it up, except we still had 30kts headwind. Back up in the smooth air here's looking out Kris's side near Noxon is Bull Lake and Ross Creek Cedars.
North shore of Lake Pend Oreille (pronounced Pond o ray)
Looking south over Lake Pend Oreille approaching Sandpoint
