Awww man, you definitely topped me this weekend Jay!
But, for me and my family "what it's all about" is taking off after
breakfast, flying over the pond to see the in-laws the "other" cousins and
great-grandparents for lunch, then being home in time for supper.
What a great day!!! When we saw 219kt ground speed going over to 9D9
(Hastings, MI) at 7000, I knew we'd pay for it on the way home and we
did...
30 knots right on the nose and when we got lower the bumps to go with the
wind.

Yeah, after all the hoopla was over and the guests departed this morning, we
finally got to do some flying ourselves.

Only flew over to Amana for lunch, due to time constraints, but it sure felt
good to get that first grass-field landing of the year in. The food was
awesome (as always), but, wow, was the air rough! We never got above 3000
feet (it's only 18 miles away), and just got the snot kicked out of us. On
the ground, it was virtually calm all day -- and 73 degrees.

And my streak of great landings came to an abrupt end, too, with a thud.
Oh, well -- it couldn't last forever! (And we can re-use the plane, so it
wasn't *too* bad....)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"