AlexPeterson
Well Known Member
After about 7 trips from Minnesota to Florida in the RV, I decided to finally share one!
Finding a weather opportunity which spans from MN to southern FL, in order to make the trip in one day, is challenging in the winter. I've made the one way trip perhaps half the time in one day. February 28th, I took off in the early afternoon from my home base of KANE, Anoka County in the Twin Cities area, to overnight in Kennett, MO, which I did. It was about 3:15 flying time, with nice tailwinds. Kennett is a great airport, with two "personable" airport vans available for use.
This is what I was leaving:
Distinct line where snow ended:
Gotta love this, level near St. Louis, truing at 162 burning 7.5 gph:
After the overnight in Kennett, I took off for Tuskegee, AL, and passed Cedar Creek Reservoir in AL:
Stopped for fuel and visited the Tuskegee museum, which contained a Stearman and Cub, both restored to better than factory:
Florida!:
My wife Gerry and I took a day trip to Key West. Driving from Fort Myers to Key West is about 6.5 hours each way, or around 55 minutes via RV! It was my third trip to KEYW in the plane. Here we are about to go "feet wet" near Marco:
Very strange to see all the blue on the 430:
Key West Int'l in upper right. The man-made island in the foreground is owned by the Navy for housing, and includes a campground where my parents have stayed for many winters.
Don't let the glare from my white legs blind you:
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Finding a weather opportunity which spans from MN to southern FL, in order to make the trip in one day, is challenging in the winter. I've made the one way trip perhaps half the time in one day. February 28th, I took off in the early afternoon from my home base of KANE, Anoka County in the Twin Cities area, to overnight in Kennett, MO, which I did. It was about 3:15 flying time, with nice tailwinds. Kennett is a great airport, with two "personable" airport vans available for use.
This is what I was leaving:
Distinct line where snow ended:
Gotta love this, level near St. Louis, truing at 162 burning 7.5 gph:
After the overnight in Kennett, I took off for Tuskegee, AL, and passed Cedar Creek Reservoir in AL:
Stopped for fuel and visited the Tuskegee museum, which contained a Stearman and Cub, both restored to better than factory:
Florida!:
My wife Gerry and I took a day trip to Key West. Driving from Fort Myers to Key West is about 6.5 hours each way, or around 55 minutes via RV! It was my third trip to KEYW in the plane. Here we are about to go "feet wet" near Marco:
Very strange to see all the blue on the 430:
Key West Int'l in upper right. The man-made island in the foreground is owned by the Navy for housing, and includes a campground where my parents have stayed for many winters.
Don't let the glare from my white legs blind you:
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