The Flight of the Saltire

[Livingston]

Great pics again, Ron. Can't wait to see more.

[Riverkilt]

The bitty balloon was aloft today after a last Winter storm passed leaving SNOW in the mountains!


Here she flys over a green carpet of sand sage inhaling the most sensual odor of camphor after the rains.


Then she heads out East over the Rezlands


Over towards Tower Butte


Then out to the Navajo Generating Station which burns coal brought in by electric train from the Black Mesa mines a hundered miles away. NGS generates about three times as much power as Glen Canyon Dam. That's Le'Chee' Rock in the background. Le'Chee' is the Navajo word for Red. So that's Red Rock.


The frisky Saltire turns to play with a raven, better known around here as "flying rats" or the "Navajo Air Force."


Then she heads off to dance through some hoodoos.


Back in town she stops at the museum to check out a replica of the Emma Dean - the boat John Wesley Powell rode down the Grand Canyon. This one is a replica Walt Disney made for the movie about Powell's journey - Ten Who Dared. Disney is currently in town filming a movie about Mars, taking advantage of our local Martian-like landscape.


Then the dimminutive dirigible heads over to the labrynth in town to get back in the zone.


Then she sails over to Community Behavioral Health Services to see if Riverkilt is there.....

[SteveB]

Is all there? Focusing with one hand and holding a dirigible, while dancing on a cliffe. Really all there. Great pics.

[Livingston]

I don't know about any one else but I'm wondering where Ron is taking the Saltire next.

After a day like I had today the wee airship's travels will always relax me. So, with that in mind I headed home. Wait a minute

What's this? Did my kids send something for Father's Day?



Well, let's take it inside and see what it is. Nope, not from Iowa. Time to open it up.



Yes! It is XMTSAS Saltire! After a short rest she wanted to see some tartan, something about being cooped up for her travels and quickly found the project we've been working on for the Clan MacLea (Livingstone) clan tent.



She decided to settle down there for the night and start planning her plans for her visit in the highlands of Colorado. More to come after her rest and the start of her high country adventures.

[Riverkilt]

Ah, a safe passage over the Continental Divide...

[cessna152towser]

Brilliant, the Saltire continues to travel in friendship.
Looking forward to viewing pics of Saltire's adventures in and around Westminster Colorado.

[Jock Scot]

Oh good, now we can see Mr. Livingston's kevlar world!

[unaspenser]

Oh goody! More adventures!

[mudd]

Holy Smokes! I'm off this forum for a few weeks... maybe months... and I come back on and figure I'll look at some of Riverkilt's great pictures and what's the next thing I see; the airship is here! Thanks, Ron, for sending it over the mountains.

Not only that, but I find out that Livingston has recently moved to just a few miles down the road from us. Cool!

[Riverkilt]

So ummm...two weeks of silence....??

Are there ransom demands??