petehowell
Well Known Member
OK - there was a family wedding involved, but it makes a good story......
Andi and I loaded up for our first big trip out east in the RV to attend her cousin's wedding in the Poconos this weekend. We never thought it would be severe VFR from Minne to nearly NYC for over 3 days, but it was, so we went! Off early Friday to make the welcome party 1000 miles away that night!
This is why we have 20 more years of marriage ahead!
LOP - Learn it, Love it, Use it....
Chicago - Lake Michigan
Toledo - Lake Erie
Put in Bay in Lake Erie - Ahh, Lost weekends of my youth.....
Cleveland - Lake Erie - my home in high school
Pocono Lake Preserve - home of the wedding. Yes, they have their own hydro-electric dam
Entire Pocono Lake - really an amazing sight as the leaves turn
The same place as we snuck out to head home Sunday morning...
5.5 hrs on the way out, 7.1 on the way back. We stopped to have lunch with my mom in South Bend on Friday. Andi was a trooper and did legs of 4.0 and 3.1 on Sunday with the 30 kt headwind.
The people at the wedding that did not think we were crazy, thought it was pretty cool we came all that way in a plane we built ourselves. I had at least 15 people come up to me at the reception to talk about the plane after they found out.(Andi's cousin and her mom told most everyone)
Great weekend with the wife, family and plane. This wedding had 2 beer parties, a softball game and a BBQ. It gets no better......
Fuel cost for the trip = 80 gallons * ave 4.10/gal = $330. Not too shabby!
All the pics here.
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