Throughout the design process for the River House, I have been very thoughtful about sight lines both internal and external. Now that the first and second-floor framing is complete, I have been able to walk through the house and visually verify that my calculations were correct. Everything is as it should be and as a bonus, I discovered a sight line that I had not considered. It is possible to look through four different second-story windows to see “through” the house into the patio area and “through” the house again to the other side of the river. You would need a ladder or drone to appreciate this view but I thought it cool nonetheless. So cool in fact, that I decided to fly through the four window openings with my drone while shooting a video. It should be noted that I use my drone almost exclusively for photography and flying through obstacles is not something I have had much experience doing. As I made my approach, I was so focused on setting up the sight line that I managed to run into the house for my first crash in several years. The propellors got trashed but fortunately that was the only damage to the drone. Just before the fateful moment, I did manage to capture the view I was looking for.