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The flight home came two days early, sadly, thanks to an approaching "winter" storm that eventually socked the entire west coast in for over five days.

With a tropical storm coming up the Baja Peninsula, and a cold front sliding in from the Pacific, conditions were perfect for high winds and mountain turbulence.  Luckily, we escaped the worst of it by leaving on Saturday morning -- but it was still an exciting flight home...

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Cruddy skies near Battle Mountain...	Flying through virga in the mountains...	Clear skies ahead...	Mary in the mountains...
Swirling clouds from 11,500 feet...	Or was it smoke?	Promontory Point, site of the "Golden Spike" in the first transcontinental railroad...	Promontory Point visitor's center...
Promontory Point is in the middle of Great Salt Lake...	Overflying Ogden -- no need to stop on the way home!	Can you believe someone lives up there?	Mountains, mountains everywhere...
A fault line?	Scott's Bluff for gas and Snicker's bars...	Unpacking in the dark...	...and, exhausted, sleeping in the hangar!