Better late than never...

This entry has been a long time coming and it's certainly not because I haven't traveled since March. Since that time we have taken four trips; two of them to NJ. Unfortunately, I have been working nearly full time with a myriad of other duties and obligations, so the blogging went to the bottom of the list. Now, I am overwhelmed and don't know where to start. One of the four trips hardly counts, as it was only to fly into the Air Show in Lynchburg, which is about 25 minutes away. We went on Sunday, May 22nd. While the flight wasn't anything noteworthy, the air show was great and I really enjoyed it. You can see some of that footage here. I also took some pics - not bad for an iPhone.

So the first of the trips to NJ occurred on the weekend of May 13th. For some unknown reason, I don't have any pictures of the trip up. I am thinking that it's because I was too busy being worried about trying to beat the thunderstorms that were aiming to move through our flight path, even though I have no bearing on any flying decisions. There were smaller ones along the way that didn't really affect us but it was over Richmond, that things felt hairy to me, the Nervous Nelly. Jason (aka pilot) wanted to take the coast up in order to avoid all that mess, but instead he was given the regular route, cutting it a bit close. We were truly right at the edge of the storm that was over Richmond, and I really don't enjoy having nothing to see out my window because I am engulfed in a large cloud - it's a little disconcerting. Anyway, it was fine and I don't recall getting bounced around hardly at all, which was surprising.

On the way home, we had a cloud layer to break through as well, but once on top, all was well. It almost seemed like a cloud "road" because there were buildups to the left and right of us during a good chunk of the trip, but nothing in front of us that we had to dodge. By the time we made it to Danville, some convection was occurring, and it was a little bumpy, but it's the norm for this time of year and I am always happy when I can see the ground (maybe because it distracts me from any anxiety I might be having).

You can see the rest of the pics here, but again, there aren't that many. You might be thankful for this when you see the number of pics I took during our next two trips!  Next up....our trip to Orlando to see Mickey Mouse!