I really wanted to stay in New Orleans for another day, but the red capital "L" on the weather chart was headed straight for the city. The worst weather of the day was only going to be an overcast layer of clouds at 2500 ft, so I took my time getting started. As far as where to fly to, I decided to visit my long-time friend Scott from high school who lives outside of Houston with his
wife and kids. When I got to the airport, the scattered clouds of the morning were already filling in, so I filed IFR so I could easily get up to 6000 ft where I'd have some help from the easterly winds. Departure from Lakefront Airport was uneventful, as was the entire flight. I filed for 6000 ft, but as I headed west, that put my right in the middle of an ascending cloud deck. Upon
receiving my request for higher, the helpful controller let me climb to 8000 ft. The wind was reporting calm at Sugar Land airport, but the approach was pretty bumpy. After landing, I unloaded the plane and soon entered one of the nicest general aviation terminals I've encountered on my trip. I hadn't seen Scott in about 10 years, so we had lots of catching up to do after providing him a little tour of N3SK. The plan for tomorrow is to press west, so I'll try to start early to avoid the afternoon thunderstorm activity. Today's flight totals: 2.6 hours, 315 miles. Trip totals: 32.7 hours, 3797 miles, 19 states.
I really wanted to stay in New Orleans for another day, but the red capital "L" on the weather chart was headed straight for the city. The worst weather of the day was only going to be an overcast layer of clouds at 2500 ft, so I took my time getting started. As far as where to fly to, I decided to visit my long-time friend Scott from high school who lives outside of Houston with his 
wife and kids. When I got to the airport, the scattered clouds of the morning were already filling in, so I filed IFR so I could easily get up to 6000 ft where I'd have some help from the easterly winds. Departure from Lakefront Airport was uneventful, as was the entire flight. I filed for 6000 ft, but as I headed west, that put my right in the middle of an ascending cloud deck. Upon 
receiving my request for higher, the helpful controller let me climb to 8000 ft. The wind was reporting calm at Sugar Land airport, but the approach was pretty bumpy. After landing, I unloaded the plane and soon entered one of the nicest general aviation terminals I've encountered on my trip. I hadn't seen Scott in about 10 years, so we had lots of catching up to do after providing him a little tour of N3SK. The plan for tomorrow is to press west, so I'll try to start early to avoid the afternoon thunderstorm activity. Today's flight totals: 2.6 hours, 315 miles. Trip totals: 32.7 hours, 3797 miles, 19 states.
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