As I'm typing this, Jack and Steve are (according to Montblack) en
route to their first stop somewhere in Wyoming. "John Smith" ended up
somewhere in Indiana with a bad mag - but is probably home by now.
Ray, Art, Dan and Lou all left a few days ago - I trust they have made
it home safely.


We landed at RHV about 2 pm local time on Monday.

Another fantastic trip from the left coast to OSH and back. The return
was OSH - O'Neil, Nebraska (gas stop) - Rock Springs, Wyoming
(overnight) - Carson City, Nevada (gas stop) - San Jose, California
(drop me off) - Lincoln, California (Jack puts the airplane away, washes
off the bugs, vacuums out the trail mix crumbs, etc).

Weather the first day consisted of a broken layer going into O'Neil (IFR
flight plan), and some scattered showers at the Nebraska - Wyoming
border. Departing Rock Springs about 8 am the second day found clear
sky, glass smooth ride. This was one of those flights you want to take
folks new to small aircraft on.....beautiful early morning light over
Wyoming, no bumps, over the Wasatch at Parleys Canyon, pass 2 miles
south of KSLC (above class B, talking to Salt Lake approach). From
there very slight bumps over a couple of ridges in central Nevada, but
mostly smooth until letting down into Carson City. Departing Carson
City we orbited about 3 times for altitude, crossed Spooners Summit into
the Lake Tahoe area, over Echo summit, and finally the long
downhill cruise descent towards KRHV.

It was great to see everyone again and put some new faces to names.
Looks like everyone made it home. See ya next year.

Steve