On a different note, my plane was grounded for maintenance issues yesterday, and so it never left the tarmac. Slept at a local hotel and am taking the first flight this morning to Dallas, and then after a short layover, on to Reno.
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- BLAST FROM THE PAST … my first skimo setup
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