Night flying in the mountians in a cessna 150,

Hello, I had a fun trip Friday 02-18-05 during the day I went from KVUO to
KDLS to 63S "Colville Municipal Airport" 3.6 hours that drop off "cliff" at
the end of 19 is very interesting. Well went to see a relative I hadn't seen
for a long time was a fun day and ended back at my airplane about 7pm and
was wished a safe journey back home.

I departed 63S about 7:30pm calm winds and clear skies were being reported
for the entire trip home over the mountain ranges. I can say that yes it is
black out there at night and every little noise is amplified when flying
over dark mountainous terrain. The winds were not as expected took 2.7 hours
to fly VFR GPS direct to KYKM. From KYKM to KVUO it took another 2.4 hours
pluss the high clouds blocked out the stars and almost all the moon light.

What a day 8.7 hours of flying 5.1 at night got to see some relatives I
hadn't seen in years. My flight time in the last 4 weeks as of today has
been 69.2 hours total I expect to put in another 30 to 40 hours in the next
week or two if this weather holds I may even fly my 150 down to Las Vegas or
Something now that I can go 50 hours between oil changes.

My goal is to be have 500 hours Total Time by 12-31-2005 I am sitting at 234
I hope my pocket book and 150 can handle it.

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Steven Rhine
PP-ASEL
Instrument Student
N7676U 1976 C-150M