3/15/06
It's Spring Break week and the wife had planned on taking the kids down to Waco (2.5 hr drive south) to spend some time with the Grandmothers. I thought, since this could be considered 'guilt free' time with the extra babysitters and all, that I'd burn a couple of vacation days, look to see where the weather was good, and put the RV in long distance travel mode. I was leaning to Pensacola, FL or Taos, NM.
http://www.vansairforce.net/TheTagAlongTourist/Fredericksburg/index.htm
It's Spring Break week and the wife had planned on taking the kids down to Waco (2.5 hr drive south) to spend some time with the Grandmothers. I thought, since this could be considered 'guilt free' time with the extra babysitters and all, that I'd burn a couple of vacation days, look to see where the weather was good, and put the RV in long distance travel mode. I was leaning to Pensacola, FL or Taos, NM.
Susie threw a welcome wrench in the plans when she said, "Why can't we both go somewhere in the plane?" Time to change plans and instantly form my plans around her, since she doesn't really like to fly and is especially nervous with both of us in the same plane (remember the kids?). Any opportunity that presents itself is given the attention it deserves. I suggested Fredericksburg, TX for some shopping (which she would like). Short and sweet - very close to home with a weather outlook that looked pretty good. So, Monday morning bright and early Susie and the kids set out for Waco in the car. I slept in...because I have a plane. I gave her a little while to get on her way, casually ate breakfast, surfed the web a little, packed, then headed out to the airport. No rush. I beat them by 20 minutes.
They swung by the airport and we headed over to Luby's for lunch with her Mom and to drop the kids off with her. A short time later we launched for Fredericksburg (T82) with winds about 15kts on the tail at 6,500'. We took the southerly route around the Ft. Hood airspace and got to T82 in a little under an hour. Checked into the Hanger Hotel there at the airport ($119/night) and picked up our rental car ($39) for the 5min drive into town.
rest of article (with pics) at:
http://www.vansairforce.net/TheTagAlongTourist/Fredericksburg/index.htm