So ya know the old story from Grandpa or Dad, of having to walk up hill both ways just to go to school and home again. And in the snow at that.
I do a 5 mile walk every day. (unless we go into town and thats an all day trip) It is up hill starting out until I turn around and then come back home. Today I had a 30 mil hr wind coming down hill going home bucking it all the way home. It was feeling like walking up hill both ways. Sometimes I was getting guest of 35 to 40 and could not move forwards. Good thing there was no snow as I would have slid uphill for 10 miles. :))
well if ya had a full sized kite.....lololol, ya could fly home.lmao
I can relate, when I was a kid growing up in the Sacto. valley, I would leave the house in the morning bucking a North wind to deliver the paper 11 miles away, when I was done, the Delta breeze would kick in at around 25 mph going home, never really got a break, it was tough.
But when I got older, I would watch the weather and when there were North winds predicted to around 45mph, I would ride about 25 miles North, and open my supply parachute I got at the Army surplus and have one Hell of a ride home.
I tried using it once by jumping out of a giant Eucalyptus tree about 30' up, the ride was good till I caught a branch about 10' off the ground.
My real life cartoon moment. ouch... :-[ ::) :))