Well I got up early this morning to fly around in my Lockheed Constellation which is my favorite plane to fly as of late. I decided to fly around California and my last flight for today was a short hop from Sacramento INTL to Reno /Tahoe. Active Sky had the latest weather and off we went. Pretty soon I am at 11,500 in the Connie and the clouds and the mountain tops with the snow were just fantastic. Don't see scenery like that from 35000 feet when I fly in real life. Went over a couple of lakes surrounded by mountains and everyonce in awhile I would fly into a cloud or solid overcast , with mountain peaks showing over the top. I had my eye on the Connies Radar altimeter when that was happening just to make sure that ATC wasn't going to land the Connie on the side of a cliff.Well ATC did a great job of vectoring me well north of the airport for an ILS to RWY16R. They told me to maintain 8500 feet until intercepting the ILS. All the while this is going on, I am in and out of the clouds and when not in the clouds, seeing hills, snow, rocks, out both my left and right side windows. Localizer comes alive, and I still have about 15 miles to go , then the GS comes alive and I follow the GS in for a landing. Taxiing off the runway, I was looking at all the mountains surrounding the airport and the snow on the mountains and the trees.... What a flight. Who needs FS2006???Happy New Year.

Well sir, my last flight was over the Misty Fjords area in AK. I flew an Aviat Husky Amphib and never got over 1000 ft. Flew out of Ketchikan to Yes Bay and then back down to BFU north (Bold Island). Weather was extra good to fiiiinnnnnnneeeeeeeeee for the whole flight. Even in AK in the dead of winter there's some really nice sunshiny days. :D