Well, we've finished nearly 2 days of flying, and we have not yet started the race. It cooled off a bit in Rawlins, and we launched just fine out of there. We're kind of tired. We had a call from the stop chair at Alliance wanting to know if we're coming in, and we gave them a great big affirmative on that. It's after 8 pm, and we figure that it will be about 2 hrs and a bit of flying time...all downhill so to speak.
What a gorgeous sunset to take in as we leave Rawlins. So much to reflect on as we settle in on this flight. Will any racers be left in Alliance by the time that we land? Will we be the Lone Racers for the whole race? We appreciate all the race chat and encouragement on the ARC Facebook. The separation from the race pack is strange. Crap! I forgot about going from MDT to CDT. The Alliance folks are waiting for us. It's after 11 pm. I wish that I'd told them we'd get a cab. The hospitality at stops is always superb.
So we landed at about 11:30 pm Wed Jun 22nd, and the folks were there waiting for us. We buttoned up the plane and headed to the hotel. Rumor has it that there are TWO other planes here - 3 (Purdue) and 23 (Goodwin & Kenney). Moreover, there's another plane yet to arrive - 35 (Workman & Sandusky). So we WILL have company along the way. We're off to bed for an early wake-up. We've flown 1231 nautical miles over the past 36 hrs - 48% of the original course! We're tired, and we've got to fly the VFR race now in the remaining daylight hours on Thu/Fri - to arrrive in Mobile by 19:59 Fri Jun 24th. We're headed back to the airport about 8 am on Thursday. Hhmmm, I wonder what was playing at Alliance's Drive-In.
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