Friday, October 14, 2022

Cloud Land

Do you like to fly?
I love to fly!
I love Cloud Land, and I break through the cloud deck
with soaring anticipation on every flight I take.

Cloud Deck
Over Lake George, Eastern Rockies Corridor
Colorado, USA
October 5, 2022
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Some flights may begin with clear skies or fly through clear skies,
as our flight home from Las Vegas did on October 5, 2022,
but chances are you will fly in Cloud Land at some point. 

Heading Home on Southwest
Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran)
Las Vegas,  USA
October 5, 2022
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I didn't always love to fly.  
I used to get sick and throw up a lot.
Then I became increasingly afraid as I experienced multiple episodes of violent turbulence.

My fears began to dissipate after a chance encounter with a U.S. Navy structural engineer
whose specialty was the structural design of navy planes.  
I was flying alone to Calgary, and our plane was jitterbugging
up and down and sideways all over the sky.  
Everyone, including the crew, was strapped in tightly,
and I was gripping my armrests for dear life.

"Are you scared?" the man sitting next to me asked.
"This is nothing!  It would take a lot more than this to knock us out of the sky."

What are the chances I would be sitting next to a U.S. Navy structural engineer?

He calmed me down with lots of information about planes and the physics of flight, 
and he showed me a channel from the channel selections available
where I could listen to our pilots talking in the cockpit.
I listened to that channel on every flight for years until the airlines eliminated it.

A U.S. Navy Plane Landing on an Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. Navy is the second largest Air Force in the world,
second only to the U.S. Air Force.


Now I'm fearless whenever I enter Cloud Land.
I have my eyes glued to the window throughout any flight
not wanting to miss the ephemeral show.
Each cloudscape is unique.  
It never existed before, and it will never exist again.
Once gone, it is lost forever.
   
Terry knows that my shooting photographs out the window
keeps me happily occupied throughout a flight
instead of staring anxiously at the wing and willing the air to flow faster over its top
than underneath it so the plane will stay in the sky.


No Longer Willing the Physics of Flight to Work
Over the Moab Area
Utah, USA
October 5, 2022
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Terry does everything he can to secure a window seat for me,
and generously takes the middle seat every time.
He entertains himself playing Spades on his phone.

Terry Playing Spades as We Fly Home
Over Jumbo Springs Wilderness 
(which connects to both the southern and eastern sides of Lake Mead)
October 5, 2022
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I can't remember a flight in at least 15 years
when I haven't taken a photograph connected with a flight.
I have hundreds and hundreds of photos of airports, planes, employees, and passengers.

Waiting to Board Our Plane (on the right)
Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 5, 2022
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The pilot does his walkabout to check our plane before it flies.
Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 5, 2022
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Backing Away from the Gate
Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 5, 2022
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Up, Up, and Away!
Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 5, 2022
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I love the cloudscapes, but I also love the landscapes
on flights between Vegas and Denver.
Because so much of the area is desert or glacier-shaped mountains,
airplanes fly over a geological wonderland.
I watch for all my favorite geological features and snap away.
This time I was rewarded with the sight of Monument Valley.
I have tramped and climbed all over this incredible place.

Iconic Monument Valley
(center of the photograph)
Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona and Utah, USA
October 5, 2022
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Here are a few more shots of Cloud Land on our flight:

Below is a cloudscape with towering cumulonimbus clouds,
and a landscape dominated by Navajo Mountain.
Navajo Mountain or Naatsis’áán, Head of the Earth, 
straddles the Arizona-Utah border and reaches a height of 10,348 feet/3154 meters.


Navajo Mountain (bottom center of the photograph)
Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona and Utah, USA
October 5, 2022
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Cloud Land
Over ‎⁨Kaibab National Forest⁩, ⁨Marble Canyon⁩
Arizona, USA
October 5, 2022
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Many of the clouds we encountered on our flight were over Colorado.
Coming over the Colorado mountains and landing on the high plains
is always a bumpity-bumpity ride.
"Time to rock and roll!" I often say to Terry.


Cloud Land and Aspen Gold
‎⁨Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests⁩
⁨Montrose⁩, ⁨Colorado⁩, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Cloud Land and Aspen Gold
‎⁨Crawford⁩, ⁨Eastern Rockies Corridor⁩,  Colorado, ⁨United States⁩
October 5, 2022
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Cloud Land and Aspen Gold
Crested Butte, Colorado, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Cloud Land and Glacier-Shaped Mountains
Buena Vista, Colorado, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Cloud Land
Lake George, Colorado, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Cloud Land
Lake George, Colorado, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Dropping Out of Cloud Land
Denver International Airport
Denver Colorado, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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My Cloud Land photos are for Rain's Thursday Art Date theme Lost
and for Nicole's Friday Face Off this week, I have some faces below.

A Vendor's Wares
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Vibrant Faces
Fremont Street Canopy, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 5, 2022
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Lead Vocalist Rich Embry and Drummer Daniel Conway of Alter Ego
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 4,  2022
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Lead Vocalist Rich Embry, Drummer Daniel Conway, 
and Guitarist Johnny Douglas of Alter Ego
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 4,  2022
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Lead Vocalist Rich Embry of Alter Ego
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 4,  2022
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Bass Guitarist Kevin Vecchione of Alter Ego
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 4,  2022
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Guitarist Johnny Douglas of Alter Ego
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 4,  2022
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Watching Alter Ego
Fremont Street, Downtown LasVegas
Nevada, ⁨USA
October 4,  2022
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Terry and Others Waiting for Our Flight Home
Harry Reid International Airport (formerly McCarran)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
October 5, 2022
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I'm looking forward to visiting around!
Have a great weekend! 





Till next time ~
Fundy Blue

  My next post will be on 
Fridayday, October 21, 2022.  🤞



On the Bay of Fundy
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48 comments:

  1. This is a wonderful multi-meme post.
    I don't like to fly. I do love clouds. I take my photos of skyscapes from the ground (and have folder after folder after folder of them.) And yes, I am a puker in the air. Motion sickness is not my friend. When we still rode motorbikes I was always afraid I would throw up in my helmet and drown myself.

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    1. Thanks, Sue! Like you, I have lots of skyscapes taken from the ground. I always taught a big unit on weather to my students, and I had so much fun with it.

      My Aunt Louise solved my air sickness problems. When I was flying home from her place one time, she insisted on me having a good meal at the airport before I got on the plane. I had always flown without eating thinking food would make me throw up even worse. My full stomach worked and banished air sickness. I haven't been sick flying since.

      I used to ride a three-wheeler dirt bike in the desert areas of California. I was a chicken-hearted rider. A friend of mine tried to get me to ride behind him on a street bike. He played a joke on me by saying he had signed us up for a 500-mile ride on his street bike and he wouldn't be able to participate if I didn't ride with him. This was supposed to be a little test ride. We didn't make it 100 yards. I was terrified ~ I was shaking so hard, he was afraid I'd fall off, lol! He and my first husband had to admit they were playing a trick on me.

      I'm so glad you didn't drown yourself, Sue! Have a great weekend!

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  2. I know what you mean! I LOVE flying and always have a window seat to watch and take photos. Clouds are fascinating! Have a great day, stay well, hugs, Valerie

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    1. You're a kindred spirit, Valerie! I hope you're having a great day too! I'm looking forward to going out to dinner tonight. Take care!

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  3. Cool shots. The world is so surreal from the sky.
    Not a fan of flying. Don't hate it, but really don't like it. I did hate the cattle-car aspect of it enough to try first class and now I'll never go back.

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    1. I wish I could get Terry to fly first class, Alex! He loves his deals, and right now I have free companion flights on Southwest when I'm flying with Terry through the end of 2023. I remind him fairly often that if we were on the Titanic, I'd have gone down because he would have bought steerage tickets. I'd have had no chance to get into a lifeboat with Molly Brown.

      I never tire of looking at the ground beneath my plane. It's surreal wherever I am in the world.

      Have a great weekend, my friend!

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  4. I don't mind flying, but I have come to detest flying commercial. I haven't flown since March 2020 (when I came back from Austin, TX through nearly abandoned airports as we entered the shutdown phase of the COVID pandemic). When I lived in Cedar City, UT, I flew a lot and often would fly in and out of St. George UT. There is nothing quite like flying into the old airport there which was up on a mesa on a hot summer afternoon. As you descend, the heat rising from the Mojave would give you a real rock and roll experience in those little 30 seat turboprops. Once, we safely landed and noticed two large wreckers at the end of the mesa pulling up a small plane that had been blown off!

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    1. Fortunately, I don't detest commercial flying and likely never will, Jeff. I've never landed in glow-in-the-dark St. George, but from your description the old airport sounds like fun.

      I've spent time in Cedar City and Enoch, and I love the area. My friends were LDS, and I learned a lot about their religion at that time. One of my friends had escaped with her children from a polygamist who lived in northern Mexico.

      The one time I really was worried about a commercial flight was when we were required to land in Nicaragua. We were flying from San José, Costa Rica to Houston, and United (?) had just resumed flying through Managua on the route. Soldiers made us all get off the plane and walk to a holding room through a gauntlet of soldiers and German Shepards. We couldn't take anything with us. Then the soldiers and dogs searched our plane for drugs. I couldn't take photos ~ lol. (But I did when we took off again ~ military helicopters and more soldiers.) I thought at the time that they could do anything they wanted to us and we'd be helpless. It all turned out fine, but I've never forgotten that feeling of danger and helplessness.

      Have a great weekend, my friend! Take care!

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  5. I love cloudscapes too! I remember the first time I was ever above the clouds -- I was 19 (nearly 20) and on my first airplane flight (to Quebec City). So marvelous! I got to see sunset and lightning flashes in the clouds. Most memorable trip of my life!

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    1. Hi, Debra! This is Louise. I’m trying to learn how to answer comments on my phone. I can imagine the thrill you had on your first flight. I was about six. I was flying with my brother and father to or from Charlottetown and Halifax. I’m having a brain glitch right now. It was a thrill, especially breaking through the clouds the first time. I can’t go back and read your comment. Have a fun weekend with your Rare One!

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    2. A first flight is always memorable, Debra! My first flight was from Halifax to Charlottetown when I was six. I flew with my father and brother. It was quite a thrill to rise above the clouds for the first time. Lightning flashes in the clouds are exciting to see. Have a great weekend with your Rare One! Hugs to you!

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    3. Wow! I didn't think my phone attempt worked. My brain glitch resolved itself. I was flying from Halifax to Charlottetown. Will I ever master technology ~ lol? Take care!

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  6. Beautiful blue on the plane! Wow.

    I don't believe in coincidences. You were meant to meet that Engineer. 😊

    It is impossible not to look cool with a microphone stand in your hand. I think I am going to start taking one with me wherever I go.

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    1. Hi, Sandi! I think I was meant to meet that engineer too. He certainly added a lot of pleasure to my life. Steven Tyler's antics with a microphone always make me laugh. Have a great weekend. I hope all is well with you, my friend!

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  7. What a fun post. I can somewhat relate. I can't say I was ever afraid of flying, but I am much less anxious now that my husband taught me about planes. His Dad worked for Delta. A family friend used to fly for Pan Am (remember them?). My husband doesn't design planes but he does design runways so he has to know all about planes to do that. You took some super shots from the sky. I have seen the northern lights from a plane, and also the polar ice pack. But these are much more specific and I can relate to them. And I like Southwest too. Flew them my last 2 trips. Happy FRiday. Glad you had a fun time in Vegas and made it home too. hugs-Erika

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    1. Thanks, Erika! I would say that a runway designer is a really critical job! Kudos to your husband! And yes, I do remember Pan Am. I'm sure I flew on their planes a long time ago. I enjoyed flying on Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways in the past. You could see on a screen what the pilot was seeing and you could see beneath the plane, It was fun to watch the pilot line up with the runway, especially at night, to see the landing gear lower, and watch the wheels touch down on the runway. I don't know if they still have those channels available, because I haven't flown in Asia for a while. I have seen northern lights while flying and the polar icepack. They are amazing to see from a plane. Southwest is my favorite airline. My good luck superstition is to rub the heart painted by the door on the plane as I board. I love that you can check two bags for free! Happy Friday to you too. Have a great weekend!

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  8. Nice work for the challenges, I hate flying actually but sometimes unavoidable.

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    1. Thanks, Christine! Flying is a fast way to get where you need to go. I'm sorry that you hate flying! Have a great weekend!

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  9. I can't say flying is my favorite thing but I will say that you're spot on about the beautiful cloud formations -- and your photos sure do emphasize that! I like Southwest -- never had bad service with them!

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    1. Thanks, Jeanie! Southwest is my favorite airline ~ although sometimes the crew tells really groaner jokes ~ lol! I have never had bad service from them. The one time our luggage didn't arrive with our flight was because our original flight had been cancelled at the airport after we checked our bags. Southwest delivered them to our hotel at 2:30 in the morning. And they give you free snacks! Have a great weekend!

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  10. Sure do get some awesome shots up in the air, or sitting waiting to go up in the air haha When you have things explained to you it can open up your mind a bit more and let the fear seep out. Do I mind flying? No. Do I mind getting the rather umm large person squeezed up against me or going through the rigmarole of the airports and boarding and waiting and all that stuff...you can probably surmise the answer to that. haha I'll stick to driving and road pics.

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    1. Yes, I can surmise the answer to that, Pat! lol! I don't mind waiting in airports. I can entertain myself endlessly. Everyone else is sitting around waiting to board, but I'm all over the place taking pictures, exploring in the bookstore and shops, having a glass of wine. Twice, two years in a row, during long layovers in Denver before I ever knew I would live here, I did my Christmas cards while flying from Wichita to Calgary via Denver. There is always something interesting to see, and I don't sit well. Fortunately I'm a little person, so I usually don't feel squeezed up against big people. I always feel sorry for people who are crammed in seats too small. I blame that on the airlines! Have a fun weekend!

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  11. ...there was once a time when flying was fun, but for now it isn't. I loved to look out the window and see the earth's designs laid out for me. But now I'm happy to be a homebody and enjoy the simple things that surround me. I'm glad that you had a fun time and returned safe and sound.

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    1. Hi, Tom! I thought I would really go crazy when I was stranded at home during the Covid pandemic, but I discovered that I enjoyed being a homebody. So now I get to enjoy the best of both worlds. We did have lots of fun in Vegas. I've been going to Vegas for 49 years. I probably know it better than Denver ~ lol! Enjoy your weekend!

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  12. What an amazing encounter, Louise, to chat it up with U.S. Navy structural engineer. I'd enjoy having a conversation with someone like that. And my husband even more so! I love traveling and that involves flying, so I had no choice but to just get on with it. My first plane ride was at the age of 7; an age where planes falling would never cross my mind. I loved it then, and although I know more now, I still love to sit next to the window and be in awe of it all. I'm just so amazed being above the clouds. It seems like a whole other world. I also feel exhilarated during the take-off and landing. Oh, how I adore your cloud images. They are beautiful!

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    1. Thanks, Martha! I'm glad that you like my cloud images. It does feel like a whole other world. I love taking off and landing too. It is exhilarating! I remember flying back from Hawaii once at night, and the stars in the sky were brilliant and reflected in the ocean. I couldn't tell where the sky ended and the ocean began. It's one of my favorite memories of flying. My first flight was when I was six, very young like you, and I'll never forget breaking through the clouds for the first time. I hope that you and George have a wonderful weekend together!

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  13. Great that you sat beside a U.S. Navy structural engineer and got over your fear. The view out the window is always so amazing. I love to take those photos too.

    -Soma

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    1. I'm learning that lots of people, like you Soma, like to take pictures from a plane. We're kindred spirits! Have a great weekend!

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  14. Oh you and I have so much in common ... I don't think I ever gave the flight sky a name, but I love the clouds while up there and while on the ground. My files are loaded with sky shots. I have been to Denver International and Harry Reid(though I am quite certain it wasn't called Harry Reid when I was there) airports. Those pictures are not in my computer, however, as they were back when you got prints from your camera. Heaven only knows where I have stashed them. Flightscapes as I will call them are wonderfully entertaining and help pass the time on a long flight (20 from here to Bangkok). I love watching sunrises and sunsets from up there as well. I was in my 20's before I flew anywhere and, like you, I was very nervous at first. I wasn't lucky enough to sit next to a U.S. Navy structural engineer, I just had to learn from experience that I probably wasn't going to die today :) This was a great post, Louise ... Loved every picture and all of the commentary :)

    Andrea @ From the Sol

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    1. Thanks, Andrea! Harry Reid used to be called McCarran. The main sign to the airport still says McCarran! I have thousands of printed photos too! I'm trying to empty all my photo albums to store my photos in more compact boxes. Flying is actually the safest way to travel. We are kindred spirits, Andrea! Hugs to you!

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  15. Gorgeous photos from the air; thank you a marvelous flight ;))
    And what beautiful face jewellery, and fun facies.
    Happy weekend xx


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    1. Thanks, Sirkkis! I thought the face jewelry was so much fun when I spotted it. I hope you have a happy weekend too! Take care!

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  16. to answer your question, yes, I like to fly......when I have a windowseat so I can watch where I´m going. :) I love to watch clouds and mountains from above. Also love your faces for this week. I think the first one in the upper row is my favourite :)

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    1. Thanks, Monica! It's a lot of fun looking for faces. Happy creating this week!

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  17. I agree with you! I love to be in cloudland. In fact, I live in a high-rise and being in Honolulu. I have wonderful skies all the time. Sometimes I'm in the cloud! Thanks for swinging by fellow cloud fan

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    1. Hi, Cloudia! Thanks for visiting. We stayed on the 28th floor of a high-rise in Honolulu last February, and we loved to sit on the lanai and watch the beautiful skies. We were never in a cloud though. Have a great week!

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  18. As for flying, I neither like it nor dislike it. If it's something I have to do, I do it. What I really dislike are delays, getting bumped because the airline oversold, time spent in airports, and the very long flights when I go to Asia or Australia.

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    1. Hi, David! Yes delays, getting bumped, lost luggage, and cancelled flights are no fun. But I enjoy airports and flights, and the positive outweighs the negative by far. If stranded, I can always buy a new book and read it while nursing a glass of wine. Have a great week!

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  19. I used to love flying when I was younger, but not anymore. Let me be a more precise here - I dislike the time spent in airports, delays and all the stuff happening before you even enter the plane. The flights itself are okay as long as they are under 6 hours. Those long flights back home to Europe are not that much fun, but unfortunately there is no alternative.

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    1. Hi, Carola! I hear you ~ Those longer flight can be taxing, but I'm still willing to deal with them. My Great Aunt Mary flew to Australia from Nova Scotia by herself at the age of 93. I hope to be so lucky. Have a great week!

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  20. Thanks for the great story. I have only been on an airplane one time. It was a good experience. It was a short flight, from Utah to Phoenix az. I always wanted to see what the clouds looked like. It was amazing to see this country from that perspective.

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  21. Me encantan las fotografías del cielo...

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  22. Love your aerial photos including these wonderful landscape!

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  23. what a magical sharing dear Louise .
    i never rode a plane but walking on cloudbed is common for me yes via my imagination :)oh i love it ,sometimes while raising my both hands for prayer i feel like i am sitting above on cloudbed ,closer to my creator whispering in his ears for the goodness of all my fellow existents .
    how amazing that you met a navy pilot who shared his knowledge with you about physics of planes and your fear vanished away that is so nice because such phobia restrain from enjoying life in many ways ,i am thankful that i have no phobia now that makes me feel liberated ,i used to be afraid of deep water for years since i witnessed death of little girl by sinking in our local stream .
    to be honest this is impossible to give away window seat for me either lol and if it is of plane it is worth to fight for lol
    i share your childlike passion for the life and greed to grab pleasure from each butterfly of moment in hands :) i share your attitude towards life ,i too more live like it is my final day and i have to "feel" it's unique beauty asap!
    your sky shots are breathtaking my friend! specially one with cloud and glacier wow looks like an art work !
    hope you both are doing fine health wise dear friend!
    hugs and blessings!

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  24. My husband and I have always travelled by sea mostly, sometimes by plane. The sea journeys have been four to five week ones when we were going to live in another country, and have been absolutely beautiful for us. On one of the plane journeys we did to Canada we experienced a big drop because of the weather, and it was not nice. There was a choir on the plane and they started singing the Lord's prayer. We arrived at our destination on time.

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    1. Hi, Brenda! I have never taken a long sea voyage, although I would love to. I'm sure it was very comforting to have the choir sing "The Lord's Prayer" right after a frightening drop in your plane. Have a lovely weekend!

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  25. Louise! What a great post! I love all of your photography. I'm certainly a cloud lover, but from terra firma lol....I AM like you WERE. I don't think any physics talk to talk me into flying at this point in my life though, and I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot. I'm quite content watching the clouds from the Earth. But your story and photos somehow make me want to soar up there for a while!! ☺☺♥

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    1. Thanks, Rain! You have a lot of company with people who prefer to watch the magic of clouds from Terra Firma! Have a great weekend!

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