Blue View – Flying Our New Drone

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Blue View – Flying Our New Drone

From a previous blog regarding our new drone: “I'll be learning how to fly it this week. I'll let you know how I did in next week's Blue View, unless I crash it or it flies off over the horizon - in which case the subject will never be discussed again.” We finally had some good weather on our way back to Las Vegas, and we found a couple of isolated spots that looked perfect for drone flying. There was no wind. It was sunny. I couldn’t come up with any more reasons not to take the plunge…

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Blue View - Finding the Right Drone

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Blue View - Finding the Right Drone

We’ve been contemplating getting a drone now that we've adopted our new van and trekking lifestyle. Just think about all the advantages a drone would provide: we could get some great video footage of our van, Blue, in gorgeous, remote locations; ditto video footage of us trekking; and... well, I guess that's about it. And I suppose there are a number of limitations, like no-fly-zones, trees and power lines, but nevertheless, a new toy has its appeal, and I'm pretty sure Marcie's been secretly wishing for a drone for her big birthday…

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