Day 5-Already?

Time to head home. A breakfast that couldn't be beat at the cafe in the terminal at Felts field. Flight planning while waiting for the fuel guy from the FBO to show up so we could pay for our fuel. Ladies and Gentlemen a new world record has been set- $6.26 per gallon. Now I don't feel bad about the 200 miles I put on the courtesy car. Planes flying all about in the pattern- before 8 am. Felts is definitely the busiest field that we have encountered. Skies look good for departure but the forecast for Missoula is a bit shaky and I'm not to eager to repeat the mountain pass adventure. We opt for out and up, destination Great Falls, MT. beautiful blue sky, sunshine and sparkling ice crystals in the air @ 20 degrees outside. it turns out that 14,500' is really the upper limit of climb for 21374 with 2 people and full fuel aboard. the clouds were higher. I did have O2 and the pitot heat on and went IFR when it became apparent that we were going to have to fly in the clouds for a bit. nothing but mountains below does make a difference. the wind was blowing 15 knots, gusting 20, right down the runway at Great Falls. Absolutely the best FBO of the trip- Holman Aviation. Beautiful facility, impeccable service, friendly people. Fuel for the plane and people and off we went, headed for Glasgow, MT. Finally a great tailwind and we saw ground speeds as high as 132 knots. That's about as good as it gets in 21374. Fuel and pee break at Glasgow and onto the final leg of the day, destination Minot, ND. Level at 5500', smooth as glass under the overcast. Oddly the most impressive view of the trip so far was on this leg- flooding as far and wide as the eye could see. A true natural disaster. Once again the wind was right down the runway, 15 knots gusting 22. The line guys tied 21374 down and topped off the tanks, today's flight is over. 2 time zones conquered, one to go. Marlys's mom picked us up and took us out to dinner. Tomorrow's forecast- not so good, but, as usual, we shall see.