I'm Back

I feel like I've been in Outer Mongolia for the last week, but the super-duper cross country trip is now complete.  I touched down in Linden, New Jersey tonight at about 6:50 PM after a 3 hour and 20 minute flight from Salisbury, North Carolina.  All told, I logged about 19 hours of flying time over the past six days and got my skinny white ass from New York to Shreveport, Louisiana and back all in one piece.

Highlights from the trip:

1) Hanging out with my nephews and playing Rock Band...and getting schooled by the oldest on "Won't Get Fooled Again" of all songs.

2) A pretty cool instrument approach into Salisbury, North Carolina in very low clouds.  There's truly nothing like seeing the runway end lights after you pop out of the clouds.

3) Staying up until 3:30 AM playing blackjack in some godforsaken casino in Shreveport.

4) Visiting Lead Belly's grave site outside Mooringsport, LA at the suggestion of my friend Glen.  Pictures to come soon.

5) Waffle House

6) Seeing the Shenandoah Valley from 7,000 feet from end to end

7) Seeing the Mississippi as it bends around Vicksburg from 6,000 feet.

8) Figuring out that a visit to Tony Alva in Hotlanta is pretty doable in the plane. 

I realized very quickly that I need one of these for such long trips.  Luckily, I discovered that the good folks at Gatorade make a generic version.

I'm pretty beat, but pretty much anything under 3 hours now seems like nothing in the plane.

Still, I want a faster plane.