An early morning

We're in our hotel lobby in State College, PA, waiting for the shuttle that will take us back to the airport. We're trying to get a jumpstart on the winds this morning and on the weather that's due in this afternoon.

I think it's going to take a while for me to really understand what it means to own our own airplane. I have to admit that it felt pretty good to taxi in to the State College airport yesterday. We never expected to see State College, but we knew a lot of Penn State grads from the Air Force, and it's fun to see their alma mater.

There was a charter pilot on the ramp who stopped me as I was walking into the terminal to ask, "Is that a 170?" Why yes, yes it is.

I'll try to do a better job documenting the flight today. I got caught up in the sheer joy of it yesterday. The hills of Pennsylvania were stunning.