It didn't take days to plan - indeed, planning took about as long as
reviewing the charts and drawing a line

Okay, so maybe "days" was a bit of an exaggeration. However, for my
first "real" cross-country flight ("all the way" from Wisconsin to
Missouri in a rental Cherokee 140, back in '95, for our tenth wedding
anniversary) I do recall having all the charts out on the dining room
table for days before the flight, studying them for best routing, and
looking for good, identifiable landmarks. VORs were, for me, entirely
secondary to pilotage in getting to Branson -- I wanted uniquely-shaped
lakes and rivers!

As for the navigation being "part of the fun", I guess I got over that
a long time ago. Now, I just want to enjoy the flight as safely as
possible, and get there expeditiously. For us, that means GPS direct.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"