This was the first trip with all four of us.  It was done in a rental Cessna 182 and greatly influenced us

on our future purchase of our own airplane, also a Cessna 182.  The first leg was from Longmont, CO

(2V2) to Farmington, NM (FMN).  It was a warm and bumpy day.  We stayed a little further east than

planned due to weather and turbulence.  The landing at FMN was probably the worst I'd ever done, and

of course my friends at FMN Tower let everyone back home know.  This was also the first time I'd ever

used oxygen in flight, we'd need it the entire trip due to high temperatures and high density altitude.

    The next leg was to Kingman, AZ (IGM).  Once again it was "hot and sloppy" and bumpy most the way there.

Once there we fueled up and enjoyed some ice cream out on the porch of the FBO (Fixed Based Operator,

an airport business that sells fuel, etc).  From there it was on to Long Beach, CA (LGB) where we met up

with Brigette's brother, Bo. 

    Not included on the map above is the side trip Brigette and I took to Las Vegas and back.  After dropping

off the kids, we made a night flight into North Las Vegas Airport (VGT).

    After returning from Las Vegas, the family spent some time in the SoCal area then returned home via

Page, AZ (PGA).  We flew over the Grand Canyon,  Lake Powell, and the Rocky Mountains on this

much smoother flight than what we experience westbound.

	Trip to Southern California   Flown:  July 14-18, 2005 Aircraft:  Cessna 182 - N92844 Approximate round trip mileage: 1,466nm Approximate flying time:  13:30
Kanab Airport, Utah
Boulder City Airport, Nevada	Fullerton Airport, California
Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA
Chris, Anthony & Nicholas leave Fullerton	Page Airport, Arizona

This trip was a quick weekend getaway for Jennifer's wedding in Palm Springs.  We first stopped in Kanab, UT, then toured the Hoover

Dam and did a touch and go in Boulder City, NV.  It was blazing hot, records were being broken around this time in the southwest.  We

then went on to Fullerton, CA and spent a couple nights in Costa Mesa.  After that Chris and the boys flew out to Palm Springs, CA for

the wedding, later joined that night by Brigette.  After a couple nights we then flew home via Page, AZ.  This took care of Utah and Nevada

for the flight crew and further simplified the upcoming trip to Alaska.

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