Jess and I were planning on flying to The Hub at Tacoma Narrows for the Pacific Northwest Flying web board’s West Side Fly-In.  Sadly, we were a bit late getting going, but the weather was beautiful so we went flying anyway.  We’re in a streak of multiple very cold days with almost no wind, and there was definitely some haze in the air from all the fires.  But the air was still and cold, and you really can’t beat a -2000′ density altitude at takeoff.

We flew up the west side of Seattle, just outside SeaTac and Boeing airspace, then cut across Seattle to the east just north of the Space Needle then across Lake Union, along the canal, and over Lake Washington.  We did a stop-n-go at Paine Field up north, then Renton (sadly landing to the north, so no over water approach) and then back to Auburn.  All told, 1.7 hours and three landings.  Not a bad way to start the new year.  Jess took this great picture of downtown on our way to Lake Union.