Backcountry Pilot • 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

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Mon Dec 28, 2015 1:21 pm

2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

KONP had torrential rain intermittently the last (24) hours. In between showers about 08:00 - 11:00 PST I departed on a local flight over to Walport.

I rescued an injured lizard. He said he used to work for Geico but, is now retired on the coast.

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Slight inversion keeping the haze down:
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Beautiful navigable waters:
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I know the surf is big if it's breaking out past the harbor:
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KONP:
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:00 pm

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

At least you got to fly.

I was vacationing in Sun Valley, ID with the feminine unit. It was so cold and calm and severe clear some days it gave me chest pain to not go rent something at KSUN and fly.

I love the beach pics. I look forward to it clearing up enough to let a VFR puke like myself go out there again, I miss seeing the ocean. In the meantime I appreciate your pics :-)
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:06 pm

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

Nice effort on the lizard, BTW :-)

It's always important to preheat your reptile in the winter ;-)
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:12 pm

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

Mountain Doctor wrote:Nice effort on the lizard, BTW :-)

It's always important to preheat your reptile in the winter ;-)


The lizard was stone cold...Decided to put him in front of a small heater. He seemed to like it for a couple of hours then took off into the bush.
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 6:50 pm

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

8GCBC wrote:
The lizard was stone cold...


Just an FYI...it is a Rough-skinned newt...not a lizard....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough-skinned_newt
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:11 pm

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

Zim wrote:
8GCBC wrote:
The lizard was stone cold...


Just an FYI...it is a Rough-skinned newt...not a lizard....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough-skinned_newt


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough-skinned_newt wrote:Many newts produce toxins from skin glands as a defense against predation, but the toxins of the genus Taricha are particularly potent. An acrid smell radiates from the newt, which acts as a warning for animals to stay away. The toxin isn't absorbed through the skin so humans should be able to handle the newts safely with bare hands.[6] Toxicity is generally experienced only if the newt is ingested, although some individuals have been reported to experience skin irritation after dermal contact, particularly if the eyes are touched after handling the animal without washing hands. On a dare, a 29-year-old man in Oregon swallowed a 20-cm rough-skinned newt on July 1979 and died few hours later.[7]


Thank you for the guidance!

The critter is poisonous! Glad he has gone back to the bush!!!
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Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:53 pm

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

Did you touch down on the grass strip in Waldport, out was it waterlogged?
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Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:21 am

Re: 2015.12.28.KONP Sunrise local

Flyhound wrote:Did you touch down on the grass strip in Waldport, out was it waterlogged?


Are you referring to Wakonda grass stripe? I would only use 31's !! Not sure of conditions.

My neighbor totaled his C172 there a few years ago. Another friend hit the telephone wires, flipped and lived to tell!! It can get hairy.

Fly safe Mr. Hound and Happy New Year!
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