Goin' to Kansas City...Kansas City Here We Come

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.  Well, I might take a plane I might take a train But if I have to walk I'm going just the same. I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come.

 

"Kansas City" was written by Leiber, Jerry / Stoller, Mike.

 

Mary and I had this location penciled in from the start.  As soon as we planned our BACFest trip we knew we wanted to visit our friends, Ted & Laurie.  Mary had spent some time back in January when they lived in Ohio helping take care of the newborn twins. Mary and I really wanted to see their three children and the rents, of course. :)

 

KRAP GRN EFFEX TDD BOKKI YOZLE  KLXN

 

We departed Rapid City on our flight plan to Lexington, Nebraska. We would stop at Jim Kelly field in Lexington to top off and knock out another new state.

 

I did manage to log .2 IMC and rode along with Denver Center.  The flight was smooth and honestly, not that much IMC that I had to mess with.

 

KLXN EAR HSI PWE TOP  KIXD

We topped off again to fifty gallons and then launched for the last leg today, KIXD - New Century Air Center Airport in Olathe, Kansas.

This was another smooth flight with .4 IMC as we neared Olathe. We taxied in to Advanced Aviation and they had our car ready for us.  Great folks, very helpful.





We loaded up and headed to visit with Ted and Laurie. I had to take a detour since the GPS guided me to a closed road/bridge barricade. Not to difficult, we were back on track very quickly. 

Platte River



Ted picked up Pizzas and we enjoyed a good eats kind of dinner. It was great to see how much Robert has grown along with his two baby sisters. 

Ted and Laurie are going through major construction on their recent home purchase and the final product will look awesome. Such gracious hosts offering us a place for the night instead of a hotel under the conditions. It was good for Mary to hold the girls and Robert played shy all night and again Wednesday morning. 

We hope Ted, Laurie and the kids will come visit us at the beach next summer, our door is always open to their family. We kept Ted and Laurie up past their normal times and Laurie did surrender first to check on the girls that were fussing. Ted threw in the towel since he had work and I was starting to yawn along with the eyes once again getting heavy. I barley remember crawling in bed...

 

Next up, the trip East to the home field.

I almost forgot...This trip put me over 1000 hours!!!