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This flight could be classified as the ol'
"hot and sloppy". It was hot alright, even up at 8,500 and 10,500, which I
only went up to to beat some of the heat. It was steady light to moderate
chop pretty much the whole way. Crossing into Colorado near Lamar, I could
see on my radar storms building near Denver. At that point I made the
decision to come in from the north of Denver Intl and over Platteville, instead
of south over Centennial Airport. I dropped down to 6,500 to
stay below Denvers Class B Airspace, but still had to go even
further north to avoid the storms that were building. Finally, north of
Platteville I saw enough of a gap and could see Longmont and headed for it.
About 15 miles out I could see a new storm forming over Boulder and heading
towards Longmont. There was another airplane in the pattern in Longmont
and I asked him how it was, he said it wasn't too bad, just starting to
sprinkle, but the storm was definitely on its way
I transmitted I was going to make a straight-in, he
said that was probably a good idea, and that there was nobody else in the
pattern or the area. We flew right over our house, it was still standing,
that was a good sign. We made a fast straight-in and made our last landing
of the trip. On rollout, Brig and the kids cheered as we did it, made the
trip of a lifetime and were finally home. Before cutting the engine the
kids asked, "so when do we go to Alaska?"
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