Florida in 6.3 hours!

Whee-hoo, we made it to Deland, Flori-duh in just 6.3 flight hours last
Sunday, with a fuel stop in Tennessee! Nothing like CAVU and a nice
tailwind to make for an enjoyable flight.

When we left Iowa the temperature was a chilly 14 degrees... When we landed
in Florida, it was 80. Sure felt good...

A week of shopping for the upcoming "Apollo Suite" (at the Kennedy Space
Center, of course) and the requisite visit to Mickey World and Epcot,
ensued. Other than a day of solid rain (spent largely indoors at Epcot),
the weather was awesome.

Of course, due to inclement weather and a minor mechanical problem that
caused my first-ever emergency landing (which turned out to be fouled plugs,
thanks to running that awful 100 LL through Atlas' veins -- GOD I hate that
crap), it took us two full days (but just 9 hours of flight time) to get
home, but what the heck.... That's just part of the fun of flying your own
plane -- you're never quite sure where you'll be spending the night.

(Last night we were in Macon, Missouri. Never heard of it? Me, neither!
But the motel was the nicest -- and cheapest -- of the entire trip.)

It was a great trip, but it's good to be back -- and with "only" 142 emails
to answer!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"