Like you I had to adjust my flight plans
both weekends, and I wound up fetching a load of grandkids back to
Michigan a day early on Saturday because yesterday looked iffy along
the Southern shore of Lake Erie...

Yeah, we had allowed for the chance of flying home on Sunday, but the
combination of "motel fatigue" and the chance of nasty weather (that
*did* materialize) convinced us to come home Saturday, instead.

On a VFR trip of this length I always find it amazing when we finish up
on-time, and on-course. It happens more often than not, and the key is
to be really flexible.

Both engines are running well in
spite of a steady diet of leaded crud for the past month and a half...
I'm waiting with bated breath for a fouled plug - gonna happen as those
O-320's don't like lead...

Don't ya hate this 100LL crap? Man, we paid $4.50+ per gallon a couple
of times on this trip, and the stuff is so over-leaded that I had to
lean our poor engine nearly to death to keep it running right.

Luckily (thanks, in part, to the fine-wire plugs we installed), we
experienced no further plug fouling problems, like we had last year in
Florida...

It's trips like that I am greatful for having two audio systems in the
plane... The back three headsets are on their own system and it was
noiseeee back there... The Peanut back in the dungeon (seat in the
baggage compartment) was singing 'Old Mcdonald' over and over, and the
middle two seats were having a dumb joke contest, shouted as loud as
they could... About an hour later I realized I couldn't hear any
cacophony over the engines and I turned around... They were all out
like a light - well, they had spent the day out on the Sea Doo's as
well as running around madly... Very peaceful for the remainder of the
trip...

Yeah, split audio is a blessing. Mary and I were listening to Pink
Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" while the kids were jabbering away in
the back seat -- and everyone was happy. That little feature isn't
needed often, but on long trips it's a real Godsend...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"