We got a good video this morning before heading out but the video from the end of the day was lost, sorry. The end of day video was not very good anyhow 
Today we went from Pecos Texas, through El Paso, and ended up just to the East of Tucson in Wilcox Arizona. Early in the morning we we had a good tail wind and made some great time. If all things go well we may make Sky Park in two days.
Click on the map to check out the latest map. We had some really great scenery going through the mountain passes. I took all of these pictures with the N95 and most of them were geo tagged. Quite a few were actually uploaded while we were flying.
Not to sound like a Nokia commercial but I have to say it’s been really nice to be able to take photos that are automatically geo tagged and upload them straight away. When we got to the hotel tonight they were just already all there. The only thing I transferred using my computer was the video when I posted it to YouTube. Also, the N95 is small and with a real shortage of space in the cockpit that’s a pretty big deal. Sharing the trip in this way would be difficult with any other device.
We had one interesting leg. We had to fly through El Paso’s terminal area getting vectors from El Paso approach. It was really hair raising because our radio was cutting in and out, it was hot and at that altitude making it hard to get the cub to a decent altitude, and we were unfamiliar with the area. We accidentally crossed over into Mexico at one point… oops. Anyhow, we made it through and spend the next hour trying to ride thermals in order to maintain a reasonable altitude above the ground. Good times
Well, I’m sitting in the parking lot at Days in using their free WiFi since my hotel has none and I need to go make some phone calls, plan tomorrows route, and get some sleep. Looking forward to another good day tomorrow and so from beautiful Wilcox Arizona I will sign off for the night.
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October 16th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Pictures look amazing, I’ve been following and watching the videos. Taylor says she would love to be there with you. If you can say hi to them on one of your videos, they would think thats the greatest. You are really not that high up by what your pics show. Be safe and have a great rest of your trip, we will keep watching.
October 16th, 2007 at 7:53 am
cool stuff paul. it looks fun.
when you taking me flying? dang.
October 16th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Already almost half way … Mount Diablo is waiting for you to fly by. Keep posting !
October 16th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Paul, you’re lucky Mexico doesn’t have an air force. Then again, maybe they have a bunch of J3 Cubs, then there were would have been a great 60mph dogfight over Juarez. Best of luck for the rest of the trip and enjoy. See you back in Cali.
October 16th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Gotta let me know how to geotag and upload the pictures … This is cool. I’d love that for my trips.