Airborne Again and Visiting My Usual Haunts

My new gasoline tanks were recently completed by a fabricator who knew how to do it right (Thanks Mr. Mata!). At around the same time, the construction and renovation works at Mom's building are winding down. So, I've been on a roll with my trike, flying three consecutive mornings on June 7, 8 and 9 and the following week on June 14, 15 and 16. The rainy season has begun as scheduled this June but the water table has not yet reached its peak (i.e., the airstrip is not yet muddy).  Hence, take-off and landings are not accompanied by swaths of cow dung . . . but not for long. The good news is, because of the regular rainfall brought about by the rainy season, the earth is a bit cooler. This means nearly ideal flying conditions when I fly in the mornings. There is also the matter of low altitude clouds, which I usually like--except when they form a thick and massive blanket over my flying area.

Low Altitude Clouds
(when they are fun)

Low Altitude Clouds
(when they are starting to get nasty)

The locations below are all just a hop and a skip away from Rancho Caridad:

Lake Paitan Early in the Rainy Season

SM Rosales--a shopping mall in the middle of rice fields

WWII Vintage Rosales Airstrip Taken from the East

Rosales Airstrip Taken from the North

Rosales Airstrip Taken from the West
(not exactly landable with all that tall grass)

Vast Farm of Someone Powerful and Untouchable
(mostly sugarcane, a beautiful mango orchard and a pond)

Here's the Mango Orchard

Green rasberrys anyone?

Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) Beside Mount Cuyapo
(one of my landing strips today)

Landed on TPLEX; Mount Cuyapo on the Left Background

Rancho Caridad Taken from the West
(boundary in yellow, airstrip in green, TPLEX in blue)

Paniqui Airstrip of Danding Cojuangco
(this one could accommodate twin-prop planes)

Paniqui Airstrip Taken from the South

Paniqui Airstrip Taken from the West
(note the mothballed sugar mill on the right of the airstrip)

Landed on Paniqui Airstrip
(secured the permission of Gibo Teodoro years ago)

Private Compound (with mango orchard)
and Residential Subdivision (with cement roads)
of Miguel "Dors" C. Rivilla (Mayor of Paniqui)

Private Compound (with mango orchard)
and Residential Subdivision (with cement roads)
of Miguel "Dors" C. Rivilla (Mayor of Paniqui)

Anao, Tarlac Interchange (Exit) of TPLEX
(about 3.5 km from Rancho Caridad)

Location of Above Photos