172s and Wind

Kaylee texted and asked if we wanted to meet her for dinner tonight, and we said sure. She had loaned her car to her roommate who needed a ride to a 6 pm to 6 am nursing shift, so we had to drive over to Marion to get her. We put Ann to bed a little early and then sneaked out of the driveway with the lights off on the car, like teenagers hiding from their parents.  Which brought up the question, how many times did you ever sneak out of the house when you were a kid/teen?  Steve and I put together, you know how many times we sneaked out?  Zero. Never.  He didn't have to because his parents didn't make him feel like he needed to, and I never had the desire. I never had anywhere to go, anything to do, or anyone to do it with, and if I did, I'd have been terrified of being caught and wouldn't have enjoyed myself At. All.  lol  Kaylee said she never sneaked out either.  Weren't we all just a bunch of goodie two-shoes?! 

Anyway, we sneaked past Ann, drove to Marion, picked up our daughter, went to a BBQ place in town, had ice cream for dessert next door at a huge place that had marble posts and stairs as it was an old, old bank.  Cool architecture.  Kaylee was taking us around to some of her favorite spots in town there, and that was neat.  We dropped her back off at her dorm, and it was nice to see her for an afternoon in her own environment.

Earlier Kaylee had gone to a pumpkin patch with a couple of her roommates, and bought a giant pumpkin that was so big she had trouble carrying it back to the car.  She's such a goober.

I had two flights today with two young ladies. Isabel was first in the 172. It was windy and gusty, and we went up to practice some crosswinds. Next up was Morgan in the RG, and we are getting ready to jump into Instrument flying. Today we did some hood work, needle tracking, and crosswind takeoffs and landings.  2.5 hours of flying today in bumpy conditions, but it was good.

Tomorrow's my day off and I plan on taking it. Two days in a week where I don't plan on doing much. Sounds good to me.

Me & Morgan in the 172RG doing a "Be Real" photo.