I am still wondering if I did the right thing. I'm not sure if I should be proud of my piloting
skills or ashamed of even trying, it was that close... and I fly here in these winds all the time. The airplane
suffered no damage but I know I was pushing both its and my own capabilities and my wife was a passenger.

Great post, Joe. I suffered a landing like that -- in daylight,
thankfully -- in Rockford, IL ten years ago. Mary STILL gives me crap
about it! :-)

p.s. Within a few days of your passing through, about 700,000 acres of the Texas panhandle went up in flames
near your route due to those winds and tinderbox drought conditions. Firefighters from my hometown were among many
on the scene.

Actually, those fires were already ablaze as we flew over, and
dust/sand storms were making the whole state look more like Iraq than
the US.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"