It was a great night for "trick or treating"; the wx was great and no rain!!!! We just didn't have very many kids and almost no older ones. It just has to be bad wx to bring out the goblins!!

Lana came to visit and brought a friend

This candle really turned out ugly!!

Eva & her Friend.

The Daniel kids

Grant's Sister are growing up!!

Cooper dressed as Builder Bob

Rusty & Kids

A candle lit dinner!

October 23, 2005

The past two weekends have been wonderful!!! Last Sunday we made our annual jaunt to the "apple farm". The wx was sunny and warm but not hot. Because of the wx there were lots of people there. It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo crowded!!

We were a little disappointed that they didn't have a band this year. I think a lot of people were unhappy about that.
We had hot dogs & drank fresh apple cider. As usual we had to fight off the bees and be careful not to eat one!!

Since it was too windy to fly this morning, we decided to go tothe downtown airport to go through the WWII planes on display. Dad wanted to take a ride in one of them but they weren't having any flights until late in the afternoon and we didn't want to stay that long.

Since we were close to the Argosy, we decided to go over there for lunch. Lunch cost us $3. We splurged and spent $2 on the slots and won $2.75. We left with our 75 cent winnings and a good feeling that we only spent a total of $2.25 at the casino!!!!!


This is Dad in front of a WWII B-17

Dad in front of the WWII B-24

Dad at the Argosy

New Addition

Meet Buttercup the newest member of the family!!!!

Getting Closer

I'm getting closer to my ticket!!! I took my last x/c today. I left Vinland about 1430Z (9:30) flew to Topeka's Billard airport on to Emporia then to Miami County and finally back to Vinland. I can't say my landing were always the best but I got down safely and without damaging the plane.

It was a spectaular view from the plane and the little C152's performance was outstanding. She may not be the fastest but she is reliable!!!

I couldn't have asked for a better day to fly. It was sunny and the clouds were at 12,000 feet, almost no haze. The winds even at 5500 were less than 11NM. The airports were not very busy. It is so relaxing to view the land from a small plane. Most of the trip I flew over lakes, small airports and a beautiful Fall color checker board landscape.