My travel to Kenmore was an adventure because I didn't have a car and had to walk for 1.5 miles to the Ferry, then sit on the Ferry for 35 minutes, then take a bus to Kenmore. I left the hotel at 6:10 and arrived at 8:10. Oops, a little late! The sign was a beautiful site to see.
I walked into the main office and said I was there for a flight lesson. The other customers in the office were probably a little confused because they were probably there for a flight to the San Juan islands. My instructors name was Nile, not Niles, but Nile. That took some getting used to. He gave me a quick review of all of the A/C systems and where all the switches were that I would need. This was the first aircraft that I have flown that had a stick instead of a yoke. It was pretty neat, i think I like it better. We casted off from the dock and headed out. We did a run up and then followed the west shore of lake Washington until we could head out to the Puget Sound. I've made a very very rough sketch of our flight below.
The orange circle is where we did some take off and landings. We did quite a few of them, including confined space take offs, crosswind and normal landings. Step taxiing was pretty fun. I ended up logging 1.6 hours. Here are some more photos of the day.
I highly recommend taking seaplane lessons. It's great to do a different type of flying. I'd like to get my rating some day, but I'll try to do it somewhere less expensive.... hehe
