Departure Day- Part 3

well the i pad is giving me problems. I haven't figured out how to load my pictures, and yes I did buy the adapter. Anyway, shortly after high noon the skies lifted and we made a bee line for the airport where things didn't look quite so good. We loaded the plane, performed the pre-flight inspection and took off, trying to stay above the terrain and below the clouds. It quickly became apparent that I would have to get on top of the clouds if I wanted to stay out of them and so we climbed up to 8500 feet and flew in the beautiful sunshine, with no view of anything but cloudtops, all the way to St. Clair, MI. so much for a pure sightseeing flight. The air was cool and smooth, with 15 knots of wind on the nose. not so good for ground speed, but a nice flight. we refueled in St. Clair
at $5.95 a gallon and immediately headed west again. this time we had a bit of a tailwind and we were on top of a broken ceiling of clouds at 6500 feet, mostly for altitude over Lake Michigan. That is one big lake. some pilots won't risk the crossing in a single engine plane, and we did have our life preservers along, but the plane performed flawlessly as usual. 30 minutes later we were on the ground at Oshkosh, WI. it was so strange to land here with no other planes in the air! we got a lovely room at the Hilton and had dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant in town, Durangos. these guys known their way around a margarita! so now, full, tired and very pleased with today's flight I'll call it a night.
ton and ha