The Flight back from Ypsilanti

Here are some pictures I took on the trip back from Ypsilanti.

Thank goodness that Snoopy and I are both Able to fly on Instruments.

The last hour of the flight home was flying into the setting sun and haze. Visibility at 4000 feet was about 1 mile. Anyone without an Instrument rating would had have some trouble flying without having a horizon reference.

The last picture was about 10 miles prior to entrering the bank of haze.

More pictures from the air...

Flying " Snoopy" to Ypsilanti, MI

I have to be in the simulator in Ypsilanti, MI. So I flew "Snoopy" from KSET (St Charles, MO) to KOXI (Knox, IN) to KYIP (Ypsilanti, MI).

Here are a few of the pictures I took in the air at 5,000 feet.

I also got to checkout my new turn coordinator (lower left hand instrument) and my rebuilt Directional Gyro ( just to the right of the turn coordinator).

Also used my new Garmin GPS 155XL. Not pictured, but will post picture of it tomorrow.

They all worked great. Love the moving map feature on the 155XL. It also gives me ground speed, distance and estimated time of arrival information.

Natalie the Little Mermaid...

She calls this her "Game"...

She like to stand on the pool ladder and jump into the pool. A distance of about 3 feet from me to the ladder. She 1st stands on the top step of the ladder then directs me on where to stand, then she does a little dance where she wiggles her butt, then she LAUNCHES herself into the pool at me to catch her. And she giggles the whole time in the air. LOL...

Wednesday is the day Scott has his daughter Natalie for 3 hours. And sometimes she goes to sleep in the car ride from her moms house to our house. Last night was one of those nights.

Susan and I were in the pool cooling off after a hard days work (she at the office, me in the yard) waiting for Scott and Natalie to show up.

Natalie is a water rat, and LOVES to go swimming (along with the other grand kids).

After a while Susan and I got tired of waiting and got out and went inside to fix dinner.

When I got in the house there was Scott with Natalie in his arms, in my rocker/recliner, sleeping.

So I went up to her and started gently talking to her to wake her up (we only get her for 3 hours and 1 hours is spent in the car getting her back and forth).

I tried everything to get her to wake up but nothing was working. She was out like a light.

Then I asked her if she wanted to go SWIMMING.

Well that woke her up. LOL... She was now wide awake. Susan, Scott, and I were rolling on the floor laughing. I had finally said the "magic words" to wake her up.

These pictures were taken just 19 minutes after she woke up.

More pictures from Kansas City

Brother-in-laws ED and Rick watching my nephew Chad, throw a ball to his kids...

Two of the triplets, Chase, and Macy watching dad throw the ball to Devin.

Macy trying to catch the ball from Devin. Just a little short.

Uncle Vince, Mom and Aunt Edna talking over old times.

My nephew Nick and his new daughter Lorali.

Bradleys HAUL...

The FUN hauler...

Take a peek...

Open Seaseme!!!!!
Even a robot...

And a HAPPY camper

While we were in Kansas City earlier this week, my sister Diann gave us a truck load of toys and games and books for Bradley.

Vacation

From left to right: Brother-in-law Rick watching my nephew Chad play catch with his son Devin...
Devin missing the ball...
WAIT!!!!... Chase and Macy want to play too...
Okay... Macy, throw the ball to Devin... and Chase you have to wait your turn.
MY dad's sister Edna, my mom's brother Vince, and the birthday girl herself, Lucille.

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. We are on vacation this week.

We went to Kansas City Monday and Tuesday and had a BBQ at my parents house for my mothers birthday.

My sisters, Connie and Diann, and their husbands were there along with two of my nephews, Chad and Nick, and their kids.

Good food and good times.

Just glad they all left when they did....

LOL...

Friday

We were trying to go to Yankee Stadium today. We wanted to go see the House That Ruth Built.

But the tickets on eBay were just going for too much $$$$$$. So we abandoned the idea.

The bonus to going was that the Kansas City Royals are in town to play the Yankees in a weekend series.

Just a couple of more days to work for this month. But I do have recurrent simulator at the end of this month.

Going to have to try and talk scheduling into letting me go home a day or two early.

Newark

Not much happening this week. Just sitting at the hotel in Newark.

August seems to be our slow month for the past few years.

I am going to get a limo ride from Newark to JFK. Then I will ferry an aircraft back to Newark.

Planning on going to Yankee Stadium tomorrow night. And as an added bonus, the Yankees are playing my beloved Kansas City Royals.

As some of you know, I used to have season tickets to the Royals (from 1977 to 1982). Then I worked for the Royals as "Event Security" from 1983 to 1986.

So now I get to go see the House that Ruth Built, and where infamous "Pine Tar Game" with George Brett #5.

Words of wisdom

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals.

So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question.

Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.

The question?....What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.

He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.

The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first . The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.

He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus:

What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.

Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.

The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened. The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half. Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?

Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?

Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.

Now....what is the moral to this story?



The moral is..... If you don't let a woman have her own way....













Things are going to get....

UGLY!

CESSNA 150/152 FLY-IN @ Clinton, Iowa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVBwri3Wqk

Click on this for a great video.

Even if you don't like flying or country music, you will love this video.

SNOOPY in action

Here are a couple of pictures taken of me flying SNOOPY taken my someone else at the Cessna 150/152 Fly-In @ Clinton, IA.

In Newark, NJ for the next couple of days.

We flew out of Oscoda, MI last night and encountered a thunderstorm over Bufflo, NY. severe to extreme rain. We had to divert to north of Toronto, Canada.

Time for your close-up...

Brad...
Natalie.....
Westley...
Scott...

Zeus...

What happens at my house when I am gone...

Natalie, Scott, Brad, & Kalliegh

Zeus standing on my Kansas City Chiefs throw rug.

Brad checking out the camera lens to make sure it is clean...

Scott checking Brad's backside to see if it is clean...
Scott and Westley just sitting on their backsides...

Natalie and Nana

We got some maekers that can write on glass and wipe off with Windex.

So of course, Natalie likes to draw on the front door glass.

See how good she is?

Now it is time to go walk in the rain.

So, off they go for their walk in the rain.