Jay Honeck wrote:

With school started, and family vacations a soon-to-be-distant memory,
it's time to reflect on a summer of flying. Where'd everyone fly to?

My most memorable pleasure flight this summer was from NY state to Iowa for
a stay at the Alexis Park Inn, then onto Denver, Colorado, for a family
reunion.

Unfortunately this memory is clouded by the maintenance problem on the
return trip that stranded my boys and me in Nowhere, Indiana. I am still
paying off the favor of being rescued by a fellow pilot at my FBO.

IMO, fall in the Northeast US offers the most memorable flying conditions,
though, as the visibility is usually better, the threat of thunderstorms
lessened, and of course the landscape colors are the most vibrant.

The approach of winter doesn't stop my flying, as I am still commuting
weekly for my consulting job and see that happening throughout the
remainder of this year and into the next.

but the most lovely, by far, was Madeline Island, up in Lake Superior.

Based on your description of the flight I have added this my list of
destinations. Hopefully next year I will be able to attend OSH for the
first time and have that as a summer flight memory.

--
Peter