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Thanks for the kind words. I still feel pretty unseasoned, but I've made enormous progress on this trip. I may or may not be just over 62 hours on this trip. :p Oil filter is supposed to be changed at 50. However, I've added maybe 10 quarts on this trip. I know that's high, but compression was...

I know. I just didn't see the need to highlight it. :) Thank you! That really means a lot. I did fly it some. I won't get into it too much here. Infer what you will.

I set up a video camera on a tripod and rolled it! Grabbed a few frames after the fact. This is a shot I had intended on getting all along. Just finally got around to it! Great! I'm glad.

Thanks! Yeah, getting up to Big Bear was laborious. Overflew the lake on the way out this morning and that was nice. Performance was reasonably good in the cool morning air.

Thanks, favorite sister!!! :D

I looked for the Luscombe guy at Brown Field, but didn't see him. A guy was working on an old car and had a Cessna 195 (maybe) in his hangar, but he wasn't interested in talking. Had a chat with a student who was refueling, too, who was actually from Tacoma. Hid dad lives in Puyallup. After we...

I woke up to a very comfortable morning in Yuma, Arizona, nestled where California, Arizona, and Mexico meet in a sharp corner, although I did begin to sweat by the time I had my plane ready to go, about 8AM. I was probably too focused on not botching the landing yesterday, but I did notice on...

What a very nice post! Thanks!

The Black's was in New Braunfels.

Thanks! I flew along the coast just a bit this morning near San Diego. There were a few clouds, but not many. Next time I hit the coast will be in Oregon, I think.

Then I guess I'm off the hook! I mean, um, nevermind. I actually flew up that corridor to Alamogordo earlier in this trip. I think I mentioned it, although it's all a blur at this point. I didn't know exactly what to expect on this trip (finding out limits and what's what is half the fun, I...

Seconds away from pulling out of my tie down spot at Nogales International Airport (KOLS). I was surprised at the amount of activity here. Pilots, students, some nice folks at the FBO, and a café. It was perfectly calm this morning at the airport, and a very pleasant temperature. Before I set...

Thanks, Dan. Glad you like the Mount Cristo Rey pic. It makes it kind of nice when you have 24 frames every second to choose from (most of the pics I'm posting are frame grabs from videos), although it's more work, too. In all honesty, I do believe I was in U.S. airspace when I flew past that...

I'm glad you've enjoyed the posts. Thanks for saying so. I shot for staying on the right side of the river, but giant rock walls (and there was some incredibly unforgiving terrain!) took precedence. Without elaborating too much, suffice it to say that for much of my border trip, there was no...

I'm glad you've enjoyed the posts. After flying through some of these canyons, I thought it would be really nice to do a rafting trip through them with my wife. It's interesting how seeing things from one perspective can awaken the desire to see them from other perspectives. Flying through the...

Thanks for taking the time to write this post. It means a lot!

US/Mexico border looking across into Nogales, Mexico. US/Mexico border. Mexico side on top. Nogales, Mexico Nogales, Mexico Nogales, Mexico on right, Nogales, Arizona on left. Santa Cruz Historic Court House, Nogales, Arizona. Border fence in background. Sacred Heart of Jesus...

Thanks, Southpaw. I appreciate it! (and I agree about the Guppy!)

I think it was probably around 4,400 feet. I like that picture, too. :)

NASA Super Guppy at El Paso International Airport (KELP). Rudy, from Atlantic Aviation, drove me over in one of their electric carts and we did a couple laps around it. I was going to do a tour of the Franklin Mountains before landing in El Paso yesterday, but I was a bit tired and it was hot...