Day 3. Packwood to Cougar. Ridden 8/18. Blog entry days later.

This day almost got lost due to pathetic upload speeds in Cougar.  It was a long hard day but there were good sights.

This chopper was on a curve on a Forest Service road.  The pilot had put it down for refueling on a logging job.  The window he had to fit through was not that big, and then he had to move onto the outside edge of the curve.  Impressive and also noisy as the engine was running and the blades turning.  I'll post a video of the idling chopper if I can figure out how to post it.

Mount St. Helens in the background.  We were on an 80 mile day with 4550' of climbing.