Saturday, January 19, 2019

Walls. Wall to Wall Walls

Southern Cal is crowded, do doubt about it at all. If you think of "walls" as signs of human habitation and industrial expansion then SoCal has it (them) in spades. Walls. Wall to wall walls.




Short flight today. Only an hour or less from KSEE to Hemet CA KHMT, depending what ATC has in store for me.




Off the ground from Gillespie Airport, San Diego/El Cajon And already nothing but wall to wall walls.





There are few breaks in the scenery along the way. Just...walls.


Nearing Hemet now and yeah, there's some open country out there. What's interesting here is that as crowded as this part of California is, those little patches of wild land hide and harbor tremendous amounts of truly wild life.

Own a kitty or small (even fairly large) dog? Don't leave them out at night. Mountain lions own the night out there, even among all those walls. And yeah, you don't go out in the back yard without a flashlight and whistle either. Truly big cats see you as a food source too. And I don't mean those dog treats in your pocket.



Incidentally Bill C, Radar Contact tried to vector me into the hills around Hemet--those snow capped peaks in the shot above. Cancelled the flight plan and finished the flight VFR. You are not alone.

And made a good landing into the bargain.