On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:21:38 -0700, "Tom Sixkiller"
wrote:


"Roger Halstead" wrote in message
.. .

Of course the real ego deflator is landing in a gusty wind only to
find 6 or 7 pilots standing by the gate holding up signs to grade the
landing snicker

No snicker about it; I had three line boys in Hays, Kansas do that to me
several years ago.

I was speaking from experience:-)) I have been on both ends of the
grading from being the grader to the gradee.

I've stopped over in Hays due to haze (for real) to and from BJC when
taking the southern route to keep out of the storms.

Man, there ain't nuthin between Salina and Hays. Not much more to
Goodland. The one thing I remember about Hays (after the haze lifted)
was seeing what appeared to be a bluff way off to the west. It's
really a series of hills, but from the airport it darn near looked
like a cliff.

Well, time to close the windows. There's another storm headed this
way.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com