route of flight home, east to west to north

Sept 22-27, 2018

whatever there was to pack, it fit

full tanks and 157 lb to spare

Denny Lawrence (right) hands keys over to Maple's new owner.

first solo flight, departing KDUH - Toledo Suburban, MI

looking SE over Maumee River, Toledo, OH

for first several hours, flew Maple under 100 kts @ 2000 RPM

Garmin aera 510 peformed flawlessly

flight planning made easy with Fore Flight

adjacent to Chicago

close enough

Flat Earthers' proof

crossing the Mississippi just S of Oquawka, IL (background)

Tecumseh Muni 0G3, NE

Alma Muni 4D9, NE

Wrapped up for the night in her Bruce's Custom Cover

The best wrapping I could find for the night at Alma

Looking east, heading west

4D9 on the edge of Alma, NE

source of political power

the view from 30 mn E of KFLY...

...the Rockies

Raton Muni KRTN, NM

Maple @ 6352 ft MSL

moderate turbulence approaching Las Vegas, NM

Las Vegas KLVS

Albuquerque on screen...

...and through the screen

Truth or Consequences KTCS from 10,500 ft

55nm from KTCS to world's first atomic bomb detonation in 1945

Approaching no-avgas Lordsburg KLSB, NM

35 mn NNE of Tuscon, AZ

This is what 70% grey looks like.

Sky Ranch 18AZ, Carefree, AZ

Maple against Black Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ

Maple at moonrise

the Carefree hoity-toity

Phoenix Deer Valley KDVT

It's come a long way since May 27, 1974.

Renoir would be inspired.

Blythe KBLH, CA

Maple turns 100

Salton Sea, CA

Palm Springs KPSP, CA

Banning Muni KBNG, CA

S half of Van Nuys Airport KVNY, CA

Santa Paula KSZP, CA

This...

...is what it looks like out the window.

N San Juaquin Valley, CA

through the smoke, Lake Shasta, CA

smokin' while VFR on top

smoke ends at CA-OR border

it hasta be Shasta

Roseburg KRBG, OR

McMinnville KMMV, OR

Chehalis-Centralia KCLS, WA

Mt. Rainier, WA

Olympia KOLM, WA

moving N into Puget Sound, SSW of Seattle

Seattle and to its right, Boeing Field KBFI

Vancouver Island, distant left background

Diamond Point Airport 2WA1, Protection Island (background)

Diamond Point Airport 2WA1, Sequim, WA

home at last