And it's getting even longer...
Will convinced me to go to California by enticing me with smoked dead animals. Now, Joe Areeda is enticing me to go even farther south in CA... And it's just getting "worse" from there.
So, now it's looking more like this...
Leave Madison
Fuel stop TBD
6V4 Wall, SD - Wall Drug
Overfly Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Devil's Tower to see them
Overfly the Crazy Woman VOR just because.
Overfly Red Reflet airport for terrain avoidance on the way to fuel in Greybull, WY.
Fly towards Cody, WY and follow the road through Yellowstone and Sylvan Pass
Camp overnight at West Yellowstone airport
Work my way to Challis, ID and get some mountain-flying instruction
Head to Sunriver, OR for the family reunion
Day trip to McMinnville to visit the Evergreen Air and Space Museum
Depart Sunriver southbound, fly past Crater Lake and Mount Shasta
Land at WVI. Visit Will. Eat tasty smoked animals. Fly around the bay area.
Head towards SoCal. Visit Joe (and anyone else in the area).
Land on 16R, just because. (I wonder if they're getting tired of that yet.)
Fly past the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon.
Stop at Bryce Canyon.
Head north towards Salina, UT and follow I-70 east - I want to see the San Rafael Swell and other beautiful rocks from the air.
Land at Leadville, CO - The highest elevation public airport in the US - Just because.
Work my way home, possibly stopping to pester the NE and IA folks on the way.
I may do this in reverse, but most likely not. I also have plenty of time now, with no pesky job to come back to.
I'll most likely depart on August 12th or so, and return by the 29th.