Well, we're still in Fines Creek. Got up early today and we couldn't see more than 20 feet past the house, although that's a common occurrence here in the western North Carolina mountains. Everything looked OK weather-wise for our flight up to New Jersey except for the winds, which were forecast to be 30 mph and gusty on the surface and more than 40 at our planned
enroute IFR altitude of 7000 ft. This would have meant a rather bumpy ride, since our route has us paralleling the Appalachian Mountain range. The effects
were worse closer to our planned destination. To make matters worse, the runway at
Readington was oriented such that we'd have a 90 degree crosswind, and at the forecast wind speeds, we wouldn't be able to land there. So... we decided to spend another day with Mom and Dad and leave tomorrow, when the winds were forecast to be much less and the skies clear all the way. We drove to
Dillsboro, a little
town further west, which was having an antique and car show, ate some good
ol' North Carolina BBQ for lunch, saw some
beautiful waterfalls, had some ice cream in the upscale town of Highlands, then headed home for a quiet evening.
Well, we're still in Fines Creek. Got up early today and we couldn't see more than 20 feet past the house, although that's a common occurrence here in the western North Carolina mountains. Everything looked OK weather-wise for our flight up to New Jersey except for the winds, which were forecast to be 30 mph and gusty on the surface and more than 40 at our planned enroute IFR altitude of 7000 ft. This would have meant a rather bumpy ride, since our route has us paralleling the Appalachian Mountain range. The effects
were worse closer to our planned destination. To make matters worse, the runway at Readington was oriented such that we'd have a 90 degree crosswind, and at the forecast wind speeds, we wouldn't be able to land there. So... we decided to spend another day with Mom and Dad and leave tomorrow, when the winds were forecast to be much less and the skies clear all the way. We drove to Dillsboro, a little 
town further west, which was having an antique and car show, ate some good ol' North Carolina BBQ for lunch, saw some beautiful waterfalls, had some ice cream in the upscale town of Highlands, then headed home for a quiet evening.
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