The lawn got mowed first, before it grew so much as another millimeter. First after hugging the dog. We unpacked, cleaned the cat box, did the laundry, watered the plants, grilled our dinner, downloaded pictures onto the computer and read the mail. We are home again. The trip went really well, in some ways even better than hoped or planned for. The plane performed perfectly, we managed to avoid the real bad weather and we stayed on the big picture of our schedule- I was home in time for work on Monday. The pleasant added bonus is what we learned along the way. I learned all about 21374 flying at altitude, about mountain passes and clouds, about wind and landing, about leaning the fuel mixture for more than economy, that Sprint/Nextel does not have a signal between Oshkosh and Spokane, and a little bit about the flooding thru the heartland of this country. Marlys learned an awful lot about flying- not manipulating the plane thru space, but flying. When you learn to fly its hard to learn about flying because its all new and you're so busy trying to handle the plane. Marlys now knows all about clouds and weather, fuel, parking and tie down, courtesy cars, flying time versus clock time, airspeed vs. ground speed, maps, charts and GPS, Air Traffic Control, holes in clouds, getting on top, what rain looks like before you get to it. She became a very good navigator and second in command. Now the trick is to keep her in practice.
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