May Fly-Out to Friday Harbor

The May flyout was great, especially given the short notice. With weather here in the greater Sequim area finally cooperating, fifteen of us (in ten airplanes) had an enjoyable flight to Friday Harbor and lunch at two different restaurants. Bill and Dot Shepherd, Dave Gardner and Tim Alentiev (from the Norman Grier airport) lunched at Ernie’s Café on the airport. Ray Ballantyne, Leslie Mark with Ken Gross, John Ward, Jay Pearlman, Bud Davies with Harry Cook, Rick and Donna Stoffel, and Barry and Tracy Halsted walked into town and ate at the Dockside restaurant in the Marina. John and Alliree Meyers flew the trip but didn’t dine on the island.

Andy Sallee had attended a chapter board meeting before the flyout began and insisted that we take pictures of people having FUN, so Ray stepped up to the bar and did his best. His photo is proof. The rest of us HAD fun but failed to provide a photo. Oh well. One highlight of the Dockside lunch was watching a seagull chase a golden eagle clear out of the marina. He was relentless!

With lunch over, the fastest aircraft zipped home directly while the slowest aircraft took a more circuitous route across Lopez Island and past Whidbey NAS and Diamond Point Airport. The fast airplanes, of course, didn’t have time to enjoy the scenery, but then there wasn’t much scenery for them to see anyway on their route…

These flyouts are fun! More are coming – please join in!

Barry