I rose before the sun today for a flight to Detroit. Kaylee woke up before I left and came and cuddled on the chair with me and talked for 15 minutes before I had to go, and that was a nice way to start the day. I carried her in to bed and headed on out to the airport a little early to get everything ready to go, watching another lovely sunrise out my windshield.
Steve had two flights today as well, but just before I left, Steve called to tell me that Kaylee woke back up with a fever over 102, listless, etc. UGH. :(
The flight was uneventful, which is always the goal. It was clear at Kokomo, but before we even got to Ft. Wayne a layer of clouds had moved in below us, and we heard a bunch of people on the radio trying to get into various airports in the area unsuccessfully due to fog below. 1/8 mile visibilities, 100' vertical visibility and fog. Not pretty. It was beautiful up where we were at 5000' and clear above, however. But this low foggy weather wasn't supposed to be there, and as we got to Toledo and they were STILL reporting low IFR, I started wondering about our arrival at Detroit. The airport we were going into doesn't have any precision approaches into it. Fortunately, while it was IFR not too far away from it, our particular landing spot was severe clear. Works for me.
The flight home had us skimming the tops of clouds as we traversed over the area of IFR below, and once again coming into Kokomo it was perfectly clear. 3.9 hours of flight time total. After putting the plane away, I grabbed a quick turkey sandwich that the guy I flew with had brought-his wife had packed sandwiches, water, apples, grapes and celery for all of us, which was really thoughtful.
I finished up at 1:30, and had a Discovery Flight at 2 p.m. in the 172RG. It was her first time in a small airplane, and she was really excited about it, which is always fun. She helped me do the take off and did some flying around. It wasn't windy but it was bumpy this afternoon, and at one point I looked over at her and saw sweat on the upper lip and a paler complexion--we'd discussed feeling ill ahead of time, so I just asked her if she was doing okay, and she said she was feeling a little sick and wanted me to take over. I made the smoothest, straightest descent and landing back into Kokomo possible, with air vents aimed at her and directions to gaze outside in a relaxed fashion. She made it down okay and was still asking about flight training and getting a pilot's license, getting her picture taken in front of the plane, etc. :)
Since I had to start up the plane anyway to taxi it back to the hangar to put away, I decided to take it up for a quick spin of my own. I flew over Glenndale, flew over Tipton, and played around for just a few minutes before coming back in to land and put everything up for the day.
A quick stop at Steak & Shake for dinner for the family and I came home to an okay-looking kiddo who was happy to see her strawberry/banana shake. She'd been a trooper today, doing pretty well, but as the evening progressed she got quiet again, until I looked over and saw that she'd fallen asleep on the couch curled up next to Steve. I left her there a good hour, and then decided I'd better take her into her own bed to lie down. When I touched her arm, it felt like a furnace, so out came the thermometer, which read 102.7. Ugh again. Time for another dose of Tylenol, and I carried her into her bed with her hot arms and legs wrapped around me and her burning face up against my neck. A cool wet cloth on her forehead made her say "aaaaaaah!", lights down, and hopefully she will get some good sleep tonight, poor thing.
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