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Scott and Deb's Excellent Weekend Excursions: Independence Day Weekend
Right on the heels of the BIG Bahamas adventure, I had to travel for work. Fortunately for me, this involved flying 339A back to the Sunshine State for a week. Florida. At the end of June. Hmmm…All I can think is hot and sticky! Ahhh, not much to be done about it--duty calls.
[FONT="]Shortly after leaving Front Range, we wound up on top of a layer for about 100 miles.
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Crazy clouds on the way to Bainbridge, GA
The trip south was pretty standard for us. I had wanted to make a stop in Sikeston, MO to visit the Lambert’s Café (after hearing all the talk here on VAF), but the weather had other ideas and kept us further south. Next time. We wound up going straight to KBGE, Bainbridge, GA, to stop for the night. I called ahead and they left us the courtesy van since they would be gone by the time we arrived. Just one of the many niceties of small-town airports. Next morning it was a short hop to KDED, Deland Municipal, where 339A we would spend the next week. We would be in the area of Lake Mary & DeBary. After landing and getting our rental car, we took a one-hour drive north to Deb’s newest favorite place, St Augustine. (We spent a month there last Oct/Nov.) Our plan was to have lunch at Osteen’s (great place to eat fried shrimp, see this write-up), but upon arriving we found that they are closed on Sundays. Bummer, but have no fear. The Conch House is right around the corner, and they have the world famous Rum Goombay Smash!
[FONT="]Now mind you, Florida had been in a drought the month prior to our arrival. Apparently it knows when we will be in town, because it poured all week long while 339A sat out on the ramp getting wet. Thanks to the canopy cover and Kate’s instrument cover, not much water managed to get inside during the week. When we opened the canopy, we found that all the electronics had managed to stay dry![/FONT]
[FONT="]With the work project finished and the Fourth of July weekend upon us, we needed a plan. Earlier in the week, Deb had been talking with our son in Maryland, and it looked like he was going to drive up to New Hampshire (land of our birth) to visit the relatives. Well, we figured we could easily incorporate seeing him, our daughter-in-law and the grandkids, and other family into our plans, so we took off and headed up the east coast. This is where the weekend excursion begins and the trip starts to get interesting…[/FONT]
Waiting for the FOG to lift at KDED
[FONT="]I have been lacking four New England States to finish out landings in the lower 48. Part of the weekend plan would be to land in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine. Also, after some review, it looked like we could fit flying the Hudson Corridor into the plan as well. I did the FAA online course. Couldn’t be any easier, all you need is the New York TAC, stay between 1,000 and 1,300 feet, and self announce on 123.05. There are six required reporting points along the route and you call these out as you pass them.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Here are some pics from the trip as we trundle up the east coast.
This is the third Georgetown airport we landed at between June and July. Pictured is KGGE in South Carolina. The other two were MYEF on Exuma in The Bahamas and KGTU in Texas.
Passing over Atlantic City
To be continued...
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Right on the heels of the BIG Bahamas adventure, I had to travel for work. Fortunately for me, this involved flying 339A back to the Sunshine State for a week. Florida. At the end of June. Hmmm…All I can think is hot and sticky! Ahhh, not much to be done about it--duty calls.
[FONT="]Shortly after leaving Front Range, we wound up on top of a layer for about 100 miles.
[/FONT]
Crazy clouds on the way to Bainbridge, GA
The trip south was pretty standard for us. I had wanted to make a stop in Sikeston, MO to visit the Lambert’s Café (after hearing all the talk here on VAF), but the weather had other ideas and kept us further south. Next time. We wound up going straight to KBGE, Bainbridge, GA, to stop for the night. I called ahead and they left us the courtesy van since they would be gone by the time we arrived. Just one of the many niceties of small-town airports. Next morning it was a short hop to KDED, Deland Municipal, where 339A we would spend the next week. We would be in the area of Lake Mary & DeBary. After landing and getting our rental car, we took a one-hour drive north to Deb’s newest favorite place, St Augustine. (We spent a month there last Oct/Nov.) Our plan was to have lunch at Osteen’s (great place to eat fried shrimp, see this write-up), but upon arriving we found that they are closed on Sundays. Bummer, but have no fear. The Conch House is right around the corner, and they have the world famous Rum Goombay Smash!
[FONT="]Now mind you, Florida had been in a drought the month prior to our arrival. Apparently it knows when we will be in town, because it poured all week long while 339A sat out on the ramp getting wet. Thanks to the canopy cover and Kate’s instrument cover, not much water managed to get inside during the week. When we opened the canopy, we found that all the electronics had managed to stay dry![/FONT]
[FONT="]With the work project finished and the Fourth of July weekend upon us, we needed a plan. Earlier in the week, Deb had been talking with our son in Maryland, and it looked like he was going to drive up to New Hampshire (land of our birth) to visit the relatives. Well, we figured we could easily incorporate seeing him, our daughter-in-law and the grandkids, and other family into our plans, so we took off and headed up the east coast. This is where the weekend excursion begins and the trip starts to get interesting…[/FONT]
Waiting for the FOG to lift at KDED
[FONT="]I have been lacking four New England States to finish out landings in the lower 48. Part of the weekend plan would be to land in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine. Also, after some review, it looked like we could fit flying the Hudson Corridor into the plan as well. I did the FAA online course. Couldn’t be any easier, all you need is the New York TAC, stay between 1,000 and 1,300 feet, and self announce on 123.05. There are six required reporting points along the route and you call these out as you pass them.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Here are some pics from the trip as we trundle up the east coast.
This is the third Georgetown airport we landed at between June and July. Pictured is KGGE in South Carolina. The other two were MYEF on Exuma in The Bahamas and KGTU in Texas.
Passing over Atlantic City
To be continued...
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It's about time for another movie night. After everyone gets back from OSH we'll have to set something up.
