In article .com, Longworth wrote:

Thank you for the photos. We would have been there if it wasn't
for the awful weather. Morris had a lot more experience and was a lot
braver than us to head to Pinckneyville from NY.

Whoa! I am anything but brave when it comes to weather. The term fowl
fecal matter comes to mind. That's why I still find Michael's "fly until
you can't, then land" meme to be so powerful. It has let me take (and
usually but not always) complete trips that I might not otherwise have
attempted.

We wound up leaving Saturday after spending much of the day on Friday
hanging out at the airport. We couldn't even launch. Ice belongs in
drinks. Someone else from the NY area did make it on Friday, but wound
up picking up ice. He dealt with it, but I'm just as glad I didn't
have to.

The trip itself was in good VMC weather, except when we landed out about
an hour from P'Ville at Owensboro, KY (OWB). We hung out for an hour
considering the radar picture, then pressed on. It was a long trip,
battling headwinds all the way. I haven't added up the time yet, but I
think it was a couple more flight hours than last time we went, plus
the extra stop.

We arrived after 8pm Central Time on Saturday and missed the half the
party, but at least we were able to attend the other half. That tent
Tina repaired with safety wire was a loner for us.

We made P'Ville the first day of our annual long trip and stopped at
Denver to have dinner with Blanche. Next day, we left late and decided
to stop early to overnight at Chyenne, WY rather than braving the mountain
winds in the hot afternoon (I can spell "density altitude" at least two
out of three times). Again a short leg, but at least we made forward
progress.

BTW, the entire trip out wound up being VMC and we never got our teeth
rattled too badly. :-)


Morris
(there are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots)