Driving thru desolate rural roads in Illinois last evening, suddenly noticed the setting sun in the horizon.

In my job, we often help our Utilities customers with geospatial analytics on data we collect from airplanes and helicopters. One of those customers had once told me about the fleet of helicopters they keep for maintenance and inspection work on transmission lines. I had never in my life seen a helicopter doing that … till today.

Driving down a highway in Minnesota, I thought I spotted what looked like a dragonfly on the pole. Sure enough! It was exactly what the customer had told me. Pulled over quickly to roll down the window and a take a few snapshots. It was eerie to realize how still the helicopter was!!!

My only option seems to be to coax my Avis car to gently go down the steps… 🙂

Went up the mountain another half a mile to Weisendanger Falls. Now quick climb down, breakfast, shower and back to office…

A little unimpressive from here since you cannot see the water dropping all the way. You can see the bridge and road way below…

There us the old railway libe, I-84 highway, the Columbia River and Washington State on the other side…

Yesterday, I noticed this board while coming up the escalator (for exit from the train station) at Atlanta airport. That third airlines in the right blue section caught my eye. Boutique Air? I had never heard of that. I thought I knew most of the airlines names in US.

All the fellow road warriors, has anyone of you ever flown them? Surprised to see the name of an airline next to all the known carriers that I had not heard of ever….