Planeless in Indianapolis

We are in the middle of our first annual for 43H and it seems to be
taking longer than I thought. I figured on about a week from beginning
to end... Wrong!! After it is said and done it looks like it is going to
take around a month. Ran into a couple unexpected items (sound
familiar) that require out of state help. First our exhaust system needs
to be rebuilt so it was sent to a place in Minnesota. This was back on
April 18th and it still isn't back yet. Next was the nosewheel truss and
pivot mount. One piece went out to Utah and the other to California.
Heck my planes parts are doing more traveling than I am!! :-)

I am expecting the exhaust on Monday and the the nosewheel pieces by the
end of next week or early the week after. So it could possible that this
annual takes a month.

Question do most first new owner annual's take a long time? How bout
some story's about your annual experiences?

Thanks!!

Jon Kraus
Planeless in Indianapolis