Unrelated, but - did you eat at the Saltlick? How was it? Did you ask for Rachael?
No.
We didn't make it up to Austin on this trip - we spent more time than expected in the hill country. We'll be back, though.
That was one of our first considerations.
I just now saw this thread. Yes, you're invited!
Thanks for the offer! We ended up changing plans (see below), but we'll be making that trip lots of times so we'll have to plan a time when we can spend an afternoon there or something!
Don't forget me, Jim Shawley, Tim Winters and others I can't think of off the top of my head.
Noted for future trips!
Sikeston came to my mind too! (though it's probably a little late now). And definitely stop in and see your friends along the way!
Well, we ended up changing plans completely. We got up a little late yesterday morning (late night of Wii
) and headed to the airport. We were literally sitting in the gas station across from the airport and we decided we didn't want to leave the gorgeous weather yet so we decided to go to Sea World for the day.
I called the airline (me) and said we weren't ready to leave yet. They (I) said "No problem, sir, your plane will be ready when you're ready to depart."
So we headed back in to San Antonio and went to see Shamu.
It was GORGEOUS weather! 83*F and sunny with a light breeze. We finally got back to the airport around 6pm but had to wait for the fuel tanker to top-off the tank farm. We FINALLY departed Castroville (KCVB) at 7pm. After 2.4hrs of pure VFR, we stopped in Okmulgee (KOKM) for fuel and then another 2.4hrs of VFR with tailwinds to Muscatine (KMUT). Hopped in the car and drove back to Ames (~3hrs drive) to get home and in bed around 3:30am this morning.
It was a great trip going-and-coming and in-between.
We'll have to plan in the future to make some 'visiting' stops along the way.