Checking out the prop & spinner...
The plane parked in El Paso, TX. We flew from San Antonio to El Paso on Thursday night, then flew from El Paso to Seattle on Friday.
A close-up of the front cowl.
Mooneys are known for speed and fuel efficiency. One way they eek the most performance from the airframe is the flush riveting on the front half of the wing surface. Smooth!
The classic "backwards" Mooney tail.
Flying over the New Mexico/Arizona border. The Chiricahua mountains are in the background.
The Galiuro Mountains in Arizona.
Galiuro Mountains in Southern Arizona. (looking back towards New Mexico).
More mountains out the other side of the plane.
A big open-pit mine somewhere northeast of Tucson.
Downtown Casa Grande, Arizona.
West of Casa Grande, we saw several of these very large automobile test tracks.
The Colorado River near Blythe. Arizona is on the left and California is on the right.
West of Blythe, the desert is much drier than it was back in Arizona.
An aquaduct pumping station makes a tiny oasis in the desert.
The moon over San Jacinto Peak near Palm Springs.
Over Joshua Tree National Park, we spotted quite a few of these interesting formations. They're tough to capture from the air, though.
Looking southwest towards Palm Springs & San Jacinto Peak. I think the small town in the foreground is Joshua Tree.
Yucca Valley and San Gorgonio Mountain.
Big Bear City and Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains.
The San Bernardino Mountains northeast of Big Bear are full of little mines.
The Tehachapi Mountains and San Joaquin Valley beyond.
A small town southeast of Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley.
