Back in the USSR.. ok, NZ

jimrooney · Post by **jimrooney** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:00 am

Howdy all :)

Thought I'd drop a line from the other side of the world. Summer finally arrived here.... it's been a cold spring. Flew into Nelson and got a bit of flying done there. Typical springtime stuff... not many good days though. I'm down in Queenstown again and the weather's finally come right. I'm living on launch these days... they rent out the ski challets up here. It's all good fun. We're above the treeline, so you can land just about anywhere... just mind the powerlines here and there. Should be an interesting summer.

Jim

mikel · Post by **mikel** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:43 am

Glad to hear that you made it down there safely, JIM
Looking forward to seeing you guys this upcoming
season at ridgely....

'til then, Mike

Post by **mcelrah** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:30 am

(Gritting teeth trying to maintain a positive attitude about this while looking out the window from my high-rise office building at a gorgeous unseasonably warm day) Merry Christmas, Jim! Congratulations on making correct life choices so you can live in a ski chalet on launch as a second summer comes in. (Whew, did it!)
- Hugh

Post by **silverwings** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:33 am

Jim, are you staying at Coronet or going back to Nelson?

jimrooney · Post by **jimrooney** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:10 pm

No worries man... I'll be the guy welcoming you to Walmart soon enough ;)

I'll be staying in Queenstown for the duration I think. I'm teaching a bit of paragliding, but mainly just pissing off... I've seen lots of NZ already. We're all planning a trip over to Omarama and Dunedin at some point. All of NZ's fun and all, but Queenstown's where it's at.

Jim

Lauren Tjaden · Post by **Lauren Tjaden** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:42 pm

Have fun, Jim! Of course, that was never much of an issue with you..
Lauren