Blogging at 350

It was a beautiful morning in grand junction co. The hotel had a nice breakfast which is rare. It was a short van ride to the airport. Once there it was nice and cool, and the sun was just starting to pop up over the mountains. it was a very quick preflight as crew scheduling would only give us 25 minutes to get our plane ready. That is another story, which is related two a three hour weather delay the previous day.
Checks complete, ready for push. The mountains are glowing in the morning sun. A short taxi means we'll stat #2 pulling out of the ramp. There were some really cool planes to look at on th way out. A twin otter on tundra tires. That looked like fun! An aero commander, a couple of turbo prop ag planes. I bet those are a blast to fly.
Ok enough day dreaming, we're at the end of the runway, times and temps are all good, tower clears us for takeoff. We pull onto runway 11 and what is right in front of us. A mountain. Hmm that's the reason for the 150* hdg after takeoff.
The winds are calm, we start our roll and everything is moving so smooth. Wheels up, gear up, turn on course. Auto pilot on shortly after. It was to beautiful a morning not to relax sit back and just soak it up. There is a lot of cons to this business, but there are a lot up pros as well. I'm blessed beyond what I deserve! :-)
Below are a couple pictures I found of the grand junction area.