Well, it looks like the weather-guessers were right this time, and I'll have decent weather for the trip back to the family home in Minnesota tomorrow. My eighty-something mother (long-suffering through all my flying years...), doesn't even seem phased anymore when I tell her that "I'll be there when the weather is right!" I gave myself a four-day window for the trip from Houston to Minneapolis, knowing that the chances are good that one of the days will provide at least good IFR. Looks like the storm up there will be through the area by tonight, and I'll pull on my thermal Patagonias, boots and warm flight suit, and point the Valkyrie north in the morning.
And, of course, if the weather goes wrong, I can spend Christmas here or enroute. It wouldn't be the first time I wasn't with family, and won't be the last. And I have many friends who won't be this year either. (Some of them will be taking care of a freshly-landed Space Shuttle - maybe in California or New Mexico - working instead of enjoying some time off.) It is far better to be able to celebrate a late Christmas, or be there next year, than to push the weather and never make it at all.
Through the gracious assistance of RVators up north, Valkyrie has a warm stable (hangar) to spend a few days in when I get there - I have met so many great and friendly folks in this RV Community facilitated by this and other web sites.
I hope everyone that is strapping in for their own holiday travel has a safe journey, clear skies, and a warm place to stay at the other end.
Fly smart - fly safe!
Paul
And, of course, if the weather goes wrong, I can spend Christmas here or enroute. It wouldn't be the first time I wasn't with family, and won't be the last. And I have many friends who won't be this year either. (Some of them will be taking care of a freshly-landed Space Shuttle - maybe in California or New Mexico - working instead of enjoying some time off.) It is far better to be able to celebrate a late Christmas, or be there next year, than to push the weather and never make it at all.
Through the gracious assistance of RVators up north, Valkyrie has a warm stable (hangar) to spend a few days in when I get there - I have met so many great and friendly folks in this RV Community facilitated by this and other web sites.
I hope everyone that is strapping in for their own holiday travel has a safe journey, clear skies, and a warm place to stay at the other end.
Fly smart - fly safe!
Paul