Star Peak – A Great Day Not to Fly

As the old saying goes, “Its much better to be on the ground wishing you were flying than in the air wishing you were on the ground”.

We drove out to the Humboldt Range in Nevada to climb the highest in the range, Star Peak.  We should be skiing but there just isn’t any snow around.    It was forecast to be a windy day so we drove out there, and windy it was!  It had to be 90 mph or more at the top.  In fact, we didn’t even make it the last little bit to the top because we feared for our dogs eyes with the screaming wind and stinging bits of ice hitting us.

Other than a long night on Mt. McKinley with Betsy many years ago, I’ve never experienced winds like this.  Well, except for sticking my hand out the window of the plane.  I am SO glad we didn’t fly out there.