Solo XC plans...

It seems like forever since I have been flying. The winds and weather seem to always cause me to cancel my flights. This past Saturday was sunny and clear with blue skies just begging for me to be flying. Mary and I went to the airport for a "around the patch" session of landings with the Bride at the video. I wanted to tape a few landings and take some shots of 2746C. When we arrived the winds were at 350* 10-12 kts. That would be an 80* 10 kt crosswind for r/w 27 ! As a student I am allowed up to a 8 kt crosswind. We waited around as long as possible but no luck. Off we went to a local diner and then we headed home. Mary went shopping with a few girlfriends and I went to baseball practice. Maybe it just wasn't my day.....

At practice I pitched to the kids in the batting cage. I threw a 5 gallon bucket of balls to each of the kids, I think we had 11 of 12 show up. I use a screen to protect these old bones and keep it close to help them pick up the ball faster and to help my throwing speed. The last batter hit a line drive back at me, and not ducking behind the screen as I should have, I turned my face away just in time to catch a shot in the throat just left of center. It took me a good 5 minutes to catch my breath and stop the little twinkley stars from dancing around my head. I finished up with that batter, who bounced one of the side of the cage that I took on the left thigh and called it a day.

So here I sit, wanting to fly and instead rambling on. I will finish up with my XC plans and hope to fly Tuesday. I also thought about talking to my CFI and see what I can do to finish up. I have about two weeks vacation on the books from last year that I can use. I hope I can work out the details.