Jeez, I love flying.

I'm with you, Dan.

Today, after another sold-out weekend with not one, but TWO family
reunions at the inn (one of them Mary's family!), it was time to get
some air beneath our wings.

We had already eaten a huge family brunch (made by Mary's pro-chef
brother), so we didn't need to find food (for a change!). Thus we
aimed to visit some little-used, out of the way airports.

West Union, IA and Cresco, IA became our 54th and 55th Iowa airports
we've visited, respectively. Both are old-fashioned relics from the
1960s, with hand-painted signs that have long-since faded, written by
men from my father's generation who no-doubt thought others would
follow in their footsteps.

They were wrong, but we were able to enjoy the fruits of their labor
today. The sign-in book in Cresco was poignant -- we were their
first transient visitor since May.

After announcing our intention to land from ten miles out, another
pilot queried us to see where we were coming in from. (Very
unusual!) We told him Iowa City, and he excitedly announced that he'd
be landing in Cresco shortly, too.

After touching down and stretching our legs, a cherry Cessna 150 soon
landed on the grass runway, and taxied up to the hangars near where we
were stopped. The pilot almost *ran* up to shake our hand -- he was
based there, and it seemed like he hadn't seen anyone land in a very
long time!

We enjoyed a good long chat -- as we had done earlier in West Union
(with a Quickie home-builder who admitted to having the airport pretty
much to himself nowadays) -- and then headed over to Prairie du Chein,
WI for their marvelous Sunday Prime Rib special.

The air was still, the visibility unlimited, and the temperature was
in the mid-70s. The four of us flew home, stuffed to the gills and
totally decompressed after a VERY hectic few days.

Flying is life, and July is simply the best.

Glad you're enjoying your new plane, Dan!

(Still no cancellations for the Pool Party -- but I'm trying! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"