Month: July 2013

There’s still lots of thermal activity in the area, so we had to pick a spot between 3 different cells that were in a line. Tom went left and I went right – so for […]

One of the reasons we chose to go the south shore of Lake Superior is because there are a lot more airports that you can use, if you need to divert. This is the Iron […]

The courtesy car in Ashland is a retired police car – which we think is a good idea. You keep the gas tank full and donate $7 for the use. We put in $1.35! You […]

You can see what remains of the “Ore Dock”, that was built in 1916 by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and it was 1,850 feet long. Show Full Size Photo

We’ve been to Ashland a few times so it was familiar for us. The famous “Ore Dock” is being torn down…..too bad it was such a landmark. You can see what remains, it’s the biggest […]

By staying right at the airport in McGregor, we thought we would be ready to go at first light, but it was not to be. We tried to depart twice before finally deciding that if […]

We were able to fly the hour and a half to McGregor where again we could get Mogas, use the courtesy car and in this case stay at the airport. For a town of 391, […]

Great airport! We were able to borrow a crew car to head into town to have lunch and wait for the weather to pass. For the first time on this trip we are on the […]

We are 20 NM out of Bemidji, with heavy rain between here and Duluth, on the west end of Lake Superior. We need to get through or around this front in order to head along […]

We were above a scattered layer of low cloud that was at about 2000′. More rain up ahead though. Tom’s XM satellite weather on his Garmin. It’s very helpful to let us know if we […]

We were inside checking the weather, decided we could go to Bemidji, MN, walked outside and started laughing….it was raining here! We waited about 10 more minutes and took off. Show Full Size Photo

Stopping to clear US customs. You can see the border cut from the bottom right, through the runway and off to the east. Canadian Customs is on the left and US on the right. Show […]

We left Lyncrest, after phoning US Customs at Piney to make an appointment for about 10:30. The showers and haze continue to linger. It was relatively smooth at 1700′. Good thing it’s flat! Show Full […]

We landed about 6:30 on Friday night and there was hardly any activity at Lyncrest. I sat on a picnic table with my laptop and phone trying to find a hotel and transportation. Tom went […]

Lyncrest is on the southeast side of Winnipeg and has a grass runway, mogas, and a very friendly general aviation environment. You can see the perimeter highway in the top of the the frame. One […]