flying to san juan in the san juans. some interesting radio bits, some reminiscing, a history lesson, and a lot of climbs and descents. why was there a water bomber in the area? no idea.

0:00 always start at zero; conversation about recording ATIS
2:05 taking off
2:49 over to departure
3:56 seeing the mountains
4:40 missed this call; driving comparison
5:28 descend below the clouds
5:45 galloping gertie bridge
6:27 climb and negotiate bravo clearance
8:07 controller handoff and negotiate bravo clearance again
8:58 duck under the clouds, bumpy
11:45 the water crossing plan
13:23 cancel flight following and descend
14:18 sightseeing pass along friday harbor
15:25 climb over the airport and join the pattern
17:00 turn final
18:09 on downwind, looking for opposing-base traffic
19:34 turn final
22:15 parking

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