Oshkosh is a huge aviation expo that goes on at the end of July
each year in Oshkosh, WI. This year it
worked out well because there was a 50th year anniversary party in
Casper WY for friends of the family.
Casper is about ½ way to Oshkosh, so I spent a few nights there for the party, then
flew onto Airventure. I put about 3300
miles under my wing for this trip and about 19 hours on the airplane. It was a crazy packed week but was really
fun. Bekah and Ariel went with me to
Casper, but because they don’t allow dogs at Oshkosh, she stayed with my
parents and ended up in Cody near our ranch just outside of Yellowstone
park. I spent a couple nights at KOSH
and then flew back to meet her in Cody and spend a couple nights there as
well. Then we finally headed home and
were back in Seattle 5 hours after departing Cody. Crazy efficient and wonderful machine.
The scenery east of WY is not very pretty since it is just
so flat! But here are a few pics on the way
back over the South/East end of Montana and Wyoming of Devil’s Tower and Yellow Tail
reservoir. Both very pretty sites to see
from the airplane. Also, on the way out of Seattle I had a huge tailwind so I just had to take a picture of my Skyview Display. Shows 209 knots groundspeed, which is about 241 miles per hour while burning 7.2 gallons per hour. Crazy Airplane !
