Lastly, but not leastly, I looked from Friar Tuck's towards the control
tower and imagined planes as far as my eye could see. It was a very cold
evening, and the air was as clear as it could ever be. With the sun
setting
in an orange and azure sky, I got back into my the car and vowed to make
it
there for AirVenture some day soon.

Good job. T-minus 8 months, 2 weeks and 1 day. See ya there!

On another note (completely off-topic, sorry), I visited the Pabst brewing
company in Milwaukee. It's all shut down now, but it is really a
fascinating
building complex. The big brew houses are like ten stories tall and all
brick. The smaller and older office building (ca.1880) has an obvious
german
influence with a cedar roof, stained glass symbology in the windows
depicting the beer-makers art, and large wooden doors. Some guy on the
street knew all about it and spent nearly an hour with me pointing out all
kinds of details and history. There's something about abandoned things
that
is endearing to me. I wish I could get inside that place.

Isn't that place cool? I toured it, back when it was a working brewery. It
was a sad day when I read that Pabst had shut down -- even though I disliked
their product. If only they had stuck with their original German recipe,
they'd still be brewing today... :-(

Thanks for the PIREP.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"