We did our 6th annual family flight to Jackson Hole. The weather was great, aside from a 1000′ overcast on the west side of the Cascades for our departure and similar weather on our return–yay instrument rating! We had some …
In an earlier post, I described what I did to get Cooper rear-facing in the front seat. When it was time to flip him around, I continued to use the LATCH system to secure the seat. I also attached …
I should have posted this much earlier. When our younger son, Nicholas, started flying, we needed to move Cooper to the front seat, since Nicholas needed Kelly to take care of him.
What I ended up doing works really well:…
Time for our 4th annual family flight to Jackson Hole! All the previous trips have been in good weather, so I suppose we were due for some challenges. This one was a great endorsement of an instrument rating, onboard weather …
It’s been a long time since our last post. We’re still flying, though. A few things we’ve done since our big cross-country trip last year:
- Flew to Jackson Hole again in August
- Had our second son, Nicholas, in February
- Completed
We’re headed home! The trip has been great, but after a couple weeks, I think we’re all ready to be back at home. We had about an hour to head north before reaching the familiar central valley of Idaho. We …
We didn’t make it to the four corners area the night before, so we decided to depart Santa Fe, fly over four corners, then make our fuel stop in Moab (Canyonlands Airport). From there it’d be a short flight to …
The night before in Austin, we decided to fly the next day to Farmington, NM and drive out to see four corners. By the time we left Austin, it was already getting hot. Heading out, I realized that despite being …
Before the trip, Kelly and I joked about not having a detailed plan. She’s a planner, so the flexibility of general aviation is not necessarily a plus. We had a plan to get to Montgomery, but not really a plan …