Epic Alaska Adventure - Spring 2024
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Leg Stats
- Time Enroute: 0.8 hrs
- Distance (direct): 70nm
- Distance (actual): 81nm
- Fuel Used: 8.4 gal
On Monday, I arranged for us to get late checkout, so I finished my work day and packed up and waited for Katherine to return. That afternoon we would make the short hop over to Rancho Murieta to visit my cousin Brian and his wife Suzan, and my uncle Larry, who all live in that area. By coincidence, my cousin David was also visiting from SoCal. (We had previously visited all of them during our 2021 trip also)
The flight itself would be easy, with the main complication being that the forecast called for a 20-25kt direct crosswind. Fortunately, this was within my limits, but I decided I would divert to one of the nearby Sacrameto-area airports if necessary. We took our Uber back to Oakland and loaded up.
We departed around 4pm and headed east.
We saw just a few minor wildfires as we approached Rancho Murieta.
The landing ended up being not-too-dramatic, with the crosswind abating somewhat below 200 AGL.
My cousin was waiting for us at the airport and we enjoyed a wonderful family dinner and a night of card games.
The next day Katherine and I worked from our guest room, and Magic enjoyed playing with their family dog, Ozzie.
After my workday was over, my cousin and I went down to the airport to do a quick oil change on the sleepy ramp with the supplies I had purchased in Seattle. The cheapo safety wire pliers turned out to be pretty junk, but we got the job done re-cowled and filled it back up with oil.
I went back to the house to write the log entry, and then we all went out to a local Mexican restaurant for another family dinner and more card games.
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