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In order to complete the goal of visiting the lower 48 states, I needed to make a trip to Louisiana, the Northwest and the Dakotas. Here are the stats and pics...

Trip Dates July 19-Aug 01, 2013

7/19/13_____________________________________________________846 SM 6.8 hours
D73-6A2 (Griffin, GA) 50 SM 0+24
6A2-DYA (Demopolis, AL) 219 SM 1+38
DYA-MLU (Monroe, LA) 238 SM 1+44
MLU-CCA (Clinton, AR) 214 SM 1+41
CCA-SGF (Springfield, MO) 125 SM 1+04

7/21/13_____________________________________________________315 SM 2.6 hours
SGF-EMP (Emporia, KS) 170 SM 1+27
EMP-GBD (Great Bend, KS) 145 SM 1+07

7/22/13_____________________________________________________329 SM 3.7 hours
GBD-IML (Imperial, NE) 209 SM 1+38
IML-STK (Sterling, CO) 86 SM 0+40
STK-LAR (Laramie, WY) 134 SM 1+15

7/23/13_____________________________________________________487 SM 4.4 hours
LAR-RKS (Rock Springs, WY) 177 SM 1+41
RKS-OGD (Ogden, UT) 155 SM 1+20
OGD-TWF (Twin Falls, ID) 155 SM 1+20

7/24/13_____________________________________________________453 SM 3.7 hours
TWF-LGD (La Grande, OR) 261 SM 2+07
LGD-ALW (Walla Walla, WA) 57 SM 0+28
ALW-COE (Couer D’Alene, ID) 135 SM 1+02

7/25/13_____________________________________________________414 SM 3.4 hours
COE-HLN (Helena, MT) 241 SM 1+54
HLN-BIL (Billings, MT) 173 SM 1+27

7/27/13____________________________________________________ 746 SM 5.5 hours
BIL-HEI (Hettinger, ND) 284 SM 2+02
HEI-ABR (Aberdeen, SD ) 208 SM 1+32
ABR-ANE (Anoka, MN) 254 SM 1+49

7/28/13____________________________________________________254 SM 2.0 hours
ANE-STE (Stevens Point, WI) 185 SM 1+16
ANE-OSH (Oshkosh, WI) 69 SM 0+42

8/1/13_____________________________________________________753 SM 5.1 hours
OSH-GGP (Logansport, IN) 252 SM 1+38
GGP-JAU (Jacksboro, TN) 324 SM 2+10
JAU-D73 (Monroe, GA) 177 SM 1+14

13 Days (9 flying)
4941 Statute Miles
39.8 tach hours
37.2 Hobbs (flight) hours
5.23 GPH (flight hours)
132.8 Average mph
25.42 mpg
194.4 total gallons used
$5.91 average price per gallon
$1149.37 total cost for fuel

On the last day, the wind caught my canopy during taxi, effectivley destroying it and thus being the only real setback of the trip except for some minor weather delays.

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Hi Kip...That post is better than a National Geographic magazine...Thanks, Rodger

Thanks for posting Kip! Glad to finally meet you OSH and sorry to hear about your canopy incident. Rob Barber had a similar thing happen on his Alaska trip, but the wind ripped the canopy completely off the fuselage.

It was great to meet you as well, Eric.

By the way, don't ever, ever let your canopy suffer the same fate as mine.

I'm looking at over $700.00 plus the time required to build a new one...! :o

What an awesome adventure. The pics are great, I assume you used a real camera and not a phone but they are awesome!

If you posted this on the mailing list I must have missed it, or do you spend more time here?

Eric M.

Eric, I used a non-SLR 12.0 megapixel 50X Zoom Nikon. I like it.

If you are referring to Yahoo. I have forgotten my password over there and I'm in no real hurry to retreive it... ;)

Sonex825 wrote:What an awesome adventure. The pics are great, I assume you used a real camera and not a phone but they are awesome!

If you posted this on the mailing list I must have missed it, or do you spend more time here?

Eric M.