If you read the post from last September, then you’ve seen how it looks to go from the Mainland to Avalon Heliport from inside the helicopter as it lands at the Avalon Heliport. This is the same helicopter on final approach as it arrives from the Mainland. Verna took this picture with her camera — the shutter speed is so fast that it stopped the rotor blades dead!
When Verna took this picture, we were waiting at the heliport to go back to the Mainland. Click on the image to see a larger version of the helicopter.
Image: A seagull perches on a fencepost at the 
I know, in California we shouldn’t complain when the mercury dips just below freezing. After all, conditions are much worse elsewhere in the world. Notwithstanding all of that, it was damn cold this morning when I took 