The micro helicopters are great amusement indoors, but of course there is another level altogether. Check out the Hurricane 550 flight video. http://www.rc-expert.com/product.php?pid=218
Update
I’m suffering from a new ailment. HDD. Tony got micro helicopters for Christmas: indoor helicopters. They got plenty of air time in their rental motorhome, but the biggest indoor space to fly them in was our living room. Our motorhome front room might be larger than theirs, but it still has its share of counters, couches, and chairs. Good thing the little plastic rotor blades don’t do damage or our furniture (and grandchildren) would be shredded. Here is a link to a clip of what it looks like when a guy who knows what he’s doing flies one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maR1kEGRTgQ. That’s not exactly how it looks when we fly them. Our efforts resulted in about a hundred more crashes than his. But now, Christmas is over. The kids and grandkids are gone; and so are the helicopters. Can’t drag the kids back here every week for a fix. Maybe we should do something about the helicopter deficit though. I’m definitely suffering from Helicopter Deficit Disorder.
Coastal birding challenge
A good day birding. Twenty-four hours. A dozen teams participated. Judy and I, “Team Nomads”, picked twelve sites to visit. Drove about 150 miles to cover them all. Final tally, 89 birds (attached). We had some other birds stashed, but we couldn’t find the common ground doves or the green kingfisher when it counted. We came in third. The winner for most birds had 105. Our best birds: anhinga, bonaparte’s gull, and horned larks. We won prizes. Home in time for kickoff.
Port aransas
Brother Tom and Kathy arrived about a week ago in their beautiful new coach for a few day stay. They decided they like it here too, like we do, so signed up for a longer visit. Here we are; side-by-side.
Birding
Tonight begins the inaugural Annual Coastal Birding Challenge. It runs for 24 hours; from 5pm Saturday to 5pm Sunday. The challenge is for teams of two to go see as many kinds of birds as possible within a limited area (six counties). Tonight in the hour between 5pm and dark, we got thirty birds. Tomorrow; off dark and early for pollywog ponds and beyond.