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Worst Weather in the World

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I flew up to Maine to see my sister and cousins for a few days. As part of the trip we went up Mount Washington in NH. We went up on the Cogged Railway. It's A unique old vehicle system that only uses a large cog underneath the engine hooked into a ladder type of rack on the tracks all the way to the top. The modern engine uses a 600HP John Deere driving a hydraulic pump which in turn drives several hydraulic motors turning the large cog. Mt Washington is known for the extreme cold and highest wind in the world. Yes, the world. That was not the case when we went up. The winds were 3 MPH and the temp was 62 degrees. the highest ever temp ever recorded was 72 degrees and a 3 MPH wind is generally unheard of. So, the weather was quite kind for us.
This weekend I am in an exotic locale. Atlanta! Exploring is a state of mind not a place on the map or expensive arrangements. I went flying flying Sunday, pretty routine. I didn't take a single pic. Weird. When a bird is alive, it eats ants. When the bird is dead, ants eat the bird. I am planning a cool trip up north, Boston area for my birthday with family, then speaking at a conference in Providence RI and rounding things out with NYC and a nice tour of the familiar Upstate, NY State.