Well, everyone has their belief systems... 49 year old piece of junk,
Fat Albert, did the three states circuit again... Beauty is in the eye
of the beholder...

I worked the office until 1Pm so we didn't lift off until 2PM on
Saturday and it was hellaciously hot... Density altitude at my airport
was 2400 feet above the actual 600 foot elevation... At 5500 msl it was
still 78 degrees and the sun was like a blast furnace coming through
the plexi into our faces... We wound up staying at our daughter's
cottage on Lake Erie for the night (my wife and daughter snookered me
on that one - I was planning a night run across the lake, it would have
been beautiful)... We left for Michigan early Sunday morning... A
glorious ride across the lake with the sun just up in the east, early
bird boats motoring on a piece of blue-green glass leaving a visible
wake behind them clear back to the shore 10 to 20 miles away, lots of
dawn patrol chatter on unicom which was opposed to Saturday afternoon
when unicom was silent in the oppressive heat...... Interestingly, I
noticed that the US boaters pay no attention to ATC and the Canadian
border.... They just go where the fish are...

BTW, the B-17 Liberty Bell was at Port Clinton giving tours and hopping
rides... There was also an Avenger there doing demo flights... They
drew a good crowd from the general public... The weekend of the 4th a
Ford Tri-Motor was there also hopping rides... PCW seems to be good for
GA...

denny