Travel plans....

The new plane....
My boss. President of Operations. He's an accountant, if you can believe that crap.
He's also tighter than a frog's ass in water....
:)

I'm supposed to be flying to Joplin, Missouri at this very moment but apparently Joplin is experiencing some severe thunderstorms right now, so we're waiting an hour or so. It's my first trip in our new plane so I'm kinda excited.

The MTB racing at Camp Ingawanis last weekend was great! The weather was absolutely perfect! Congrats to all the racers for surviving the demanding course that the guys set up this year! Wow! It was great! Kudos to Casey, Jeremy, The Cap'n, and all who helped put together another awesome venue!

Update:

We made it to Joplin, rented a car, and drove to Kansas. We looked at some equipment then headed into the "business district" of the thriving metropolis of Columbus, Kansas for lunch at the Lighthouse Cafe. If you've ever eaten lunch in a midwest farming community cafe, you know exactly what it looked like. Except for the lighthouse motif that was everywhere inside. And the fishermen statuary. A little out of place in Kansas but, like most small town cafes, the food was excellent and the service was, well, typical small town. Mid 20's, smart assed girls. Excellent. I told our waitress that my boss was actually my father. I had her believing that. At least she had me believing that she was believing me. (he's like 8 years older than I am....) It was good.

The new plane is very nice. Looks very much the same on the outside but much nicer on the inside. And faster. Glass cockpit. The instrumentation that I became familiar with when learning to fly (about a hundred years ago) apparently doesn't exist anymore. Computer screens on the instrument panel instead of real guages and instruments. Kinda freaky. When we bought our first jet the owner of our company called me and our pilot together and told us both, in no uncertain terms, that I was not to be allowed to fly the plane. Ever. Bad things would happen to both of us if that ever occured. Really bad, from a continuing employment perspective. I still ended up getting quite a lot of right seat time over the years and nothing bad ever happened to either of us. We went to a 2 pilot operation about a year ago, so those days are gone.... Oh well. My license is for a single engine airplane and I haven't been current in a very long time. :) It's probably for the best.

That's it for now.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!