TR-Flying to Toronto, Toronto Indycar race, RI, Boston, NY ski areas from 6000 ft

[skiatlanta]

So one of my friends and his dad were goin up to toronto for the indycar race on the streets and then new england and asked me to go with them.



They have a small Piper Cherokee Archer plane. Small 4 seater. So we flew that. We flew pdk(the general aviation airport for atlanta, 2nd busiest in the state) to chattanooga to some place in ohio, to toronto, to newport, RI to someplace in VA, to jefferson co. airport in ga to pdk.



We flew over the finger lakes and the catskills from toronto to newport. I took a bunch of pics of ski resorts.





Anways, some pics.



Taxing at pdk





taking off





looking back at pdk





mountains in north georgia. Due to cloud cover I lost where we were exactly, but I think its somewhere near brasstown bald.





The original flight plan took us over near the smokies. Our transponder broke. You can fly without them and they can track you on radar, but international borders arent good without them.



We flew to chattanooga to get a new transponder.

landing at cho cho





terminal







this is where we sat for a few hours. watched fox news. I read climate confusion by Dr. Roy spencer. its a very good book.









taking off





this is the ceiling of the plane. its an alien with a handle bar mustache





we flew over where I 75 goes over the TN/KY border.



huntington, wv





we stopped at a small airport in ohio west of pittsburg to refuel

final approach





my friend landing





landing





its small





the plane.





theres not much to do but take pictures









I flew the plane for a while after taking off. Its harder than you think.



Last views of the US and lake erie.





Hamilton, ON, CA





Toronto from far away

















this is the place where the indycar race was held





final approach to toronto city centre airport





islands are cool









cn tower towering

[skiatlanta]

thumbs up for canadian customs. We called them and told them we were comimg there. That was good enough for them. We never saw a customs agent.





it was a long 2 flights in a small plane





me and my friend chillin





At the track For those of you that dont know, this is a temporary street circuit for the indycar series. There are others in Long Beach, st petersburg, and an airport course in edmonton)





The practice session on Saturday was rainy for a bit. Its pretty sick.





Ryan Briscoe (who finally won at kentucky this last saturday)





Sorry to all on crappy photos, my shutter speed still wasnt fast enough.



tony kanaan spun and crashed into the the turn right near us





daniCANT patrick





hometown hero, canadian paul tracy





my favorite driver Will Power





We had paddock passes and spent time in between races to hang around and meet some of the drivers. We met Will Power, Tony George, John Rutherford, Justin Wilson, Graham Rahal, Jimmy Vasser, among others. We got a bunch of autographs too.



paul tracy's car in the paddock





Tony kanaan's car crashed and they had about 2.5 hours to rebuild it for qualifying.

His garage









Indy lights race





we had good seats, 2nd highest row, right in front of Justin Wilson's pit.





will power during qualification he got P2





wp





dario francitti won the pole. There was a lot of media there to take his picture.





dario





will powers car getting filled up





close up of the nose





Justin Wilson's car





dario's car





steering wheel





toronto





I took tons of pics of the architecture. If its not interesting, sorry







our hotel

[skiatlanta]

I took every opportunity to walk around downtown toronto and experience canadia and the architecture



SICK BRUTALISM





detail









what is this?





its city hall













city hall





city hall













good relationship of traditional and modern. notice the reflections.









Scotia Bank Tower









canada trust tower





the cn tower peeking through Mies van der rohe's dominion centre





mies is sick





first bank tower, the tallest building in toronto and canada





detail of the corner of one of the mies van der rohe buildings. nice reflections









scotia bank.





canada trust tower again





Toronto is really the BYC of canada. Its a really compact city. The street life was vibrant as well with a plaza that reminded me of a small times square. There were lots of strip clubs.





eaton centre





BRUTALISM YES

[skiatlanta]

old city hall

















tower





ontario college of art and design.



this is a sick famous building. unfortunately, I was rushed through, and didnt have any time to adjust shutter speed of aperture. I had to use automatic and the light was low, so long shutter speed.

[skiatlanta]

Racing legend, AJ Foyt, working on Ryan Hunter Reay's #14 car





the garages





the track





looking the other way





hedhki mutou pullin out of the pits





cars around turn 13





all the canadians love paul tracy





helio castroneves'(winner of the indy 500 this year) car that hit the 2002 indy 500 winner, paul tracy's car





He got booed a lot



paul tracy's car





graham rahals car





winning car of dario





view from the hotel





building





this next part...pains me to put this in here



Daniel libeskind's addition to the royal ontario museum.









Terrible site context





aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh





toronto from the ferry







airport





we went up the cn tower





ontario college of art and design from the cn tower





downtown









bank of america in canada **** YEAH!









looking back where the race was





better pic

[skiatlanta]

the airport





looking down













taking off

















We flew over the finger lakes, pretty much all of them at around 4,000 ft.



Bristol Mountain





lost ski area on left





another lost ski area





bristol mountain





finger lake with bristol in the background





same lake





greek peak





again





ski area in the western part of the catskills...anyone know what area this is?





belleayre?





catskills from around 8,000 feet. it was the freezing level up there





belleayre?





catskills





hunter mountain





hunta





hunta













the hudson







hartford

[skiatlanta]

newport RI









we stayed at my friend's aunt and uncles house in RI. this was the view from the porch.





beach





Boston for a day













watch your heads, windows might fall from the john han**** tower





BRUTALISM AT ITS BEST New Boston City Hall





close to being my favorite building of the trip





the overberingness of the government





customs house





view from customs house













Eero Saarien's MIT chapel, one of the greates modern buildings





across the path, another saarinen building, the Kresge auditorium





What makes the MIT chapel so unique, is it has a moat around it, with walls that hang over the water. Windows facing the water allow water to reflect off the water and onto the walls inside.





inside...shutter speed was bad









more brutalism







We spent another day at the beach. We also went fishing on a charter boat. We caught a bunch of strippers, and a couple sea bass. My friend caught a huge flounder, the biggest of the season yet. Since he was so obssesed with putting pictures on facebook, he held it out to take a picture, but held it over the water. I guess you can guess what happened next. No picture came out of it and we didnt get to eat flounder. The captain of the boat said it was the dumbest thing he had ever seen.







We flew from newport to a random airport in VA

bridge in newport





TWA terminal at JFK airport.





3rd Saarinen building of the trip





JFK airport





theres a plane taking off



and here it is, up with us

[skiatlanta]

We flew over all of long island and saw manhattan



it was hazy so no great pics here





THE MONSTER MILE in Dover, DE





We ran out of fuel in one tank over chesapeake bay and had 10 gallons in the other. We had to make a quick landing in the middle of no where along the coast of VA.









Winston salem



















clemson fans (sorry for terrible photo)







We ended up flying into Jefferson co. airport near commerce, GA for fuel. We had a 15 minute flight home to pdk from there, seeing i 85 the entire way.



If you made it this far. Congradulations and sorry for those without good internet connections.

[kadamk7878]

cool thread

[KneeDeep]

Very cool. I grew up in the Finger Lakes region and have skied Greek Peak and Swain quite a bit. I'm pretty sure your first "lost ski area" is Swain, which is slightly west of Bristol Mtn.... and unfortunately closed this past winter.