Oshkosh Wisc 2003

Going to Air Venture

At Oshkosh, WI

Back to the drabness of the wide open spaces.
The weather again delayed us in Worthington until after noon. Fortunately, the people at the FBO there were very accomodating while we waited. They had also loaned us their courtesy car to take to the motel and back. Nice people! We were at the airport at 6: 00 a.m., planning to get to our destination that day before the heat-caused thermals off the desert. We knew the bad weather only extended about 10-20 miles, and I probably should have filed for special VFR to get beyond it, but I kept expecting it to clear enough to leave. It just hung around at about 900 ft. ceilings at the airport for hours. It finally cleared enough to be legal, and we were out of there like a shot! We headed for Chamberlain, South Dakota for refueling, about a two hour flight. The air was getting rough, and my wife was getting sick. We stayed at Chamberlain for over an hour to recuperate, and then went on to Hot Springs, Wyoming, another 2.2 hours of more misery for my poor wife. It was hot and windy and I made a landing I choose not to talk about. (not really that bad, but not pretty) We talked about staying there for the night, but we had reservations in Casper, and optimistically headed there. After another miserable 1.6 hours for Diane, we were happy to land in Casper at around 6:00 p.m. The guys at Aero Care Aviation were kind enought to loan us a car to get to our motel. Then, would you believe, after a shower and a rest we went to dinner and enjoyed probably the best meal on the entire trip. Maybe it was because there was absolutely nothing left in her stomach??? (and hadn’t been for some time) We highly recommend the Poorboy Steakhouse, affiliated with the Parkway Plaza Hotel there in Casper, where we stayed.
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