My daughter, Andrea, lives in Edmonton and desired to visit us for awhile so I flew to Edmonton to pick her up and took her back home. It is a 2.5 to 3 hr. flight one way between Edmonton and Dawson Creek B.C.. Andrea is an aspiring photographer and took these pictures. This picture is of the west end of Edmonton. This flight was taken on April 30th.
This is one of many small lakes between Dawson Creek and Edmonton. The snow is gone from the land but not cleared from the lakes yet.
This picture is taken approximately 50 miles East of Grand Prairie Alberta. Each clearing that you see is an oil or gas well site. The roads that tie each site to the other is one of the neatest overall sites i have ever seen. Just glancing down one could easily see 100 well sites.
I'm not to sure where this one was taken. I'm thinking somewhere near Sexsmith Alberta.
This picture is taken on the West outskirts of Edmonton. For the return flight to Edmonton the weather briefing included some shower activity on rout as well as some towering cumulus clouds and low ceilings. Fluffy cumulus began to form shortly after departure and I fought the desire to climb through the holes and fly atop the clouds as the cloud layer was quite shallow, 7000' to 8500', and the flight would be much smoother above. However Andrea enjoys being tossed about a bit and experience has taught me to trust the weather briefings. It was a good thing too as the cumulus cloud slowly changed to cirrus cloud with a solid ceiling in Edmonton of 4000'. I would have been stuck above cloud in a controlled zone. Not good! So we landed, had coffee with her and her boyfriend, Cory, and had an uneventful flight home.
