Love Spring Weather!

Breakfast at Twin Oaks on a beautiful spring Saturday.

Patterns at Twin Oaks...

... was not our original plan, but still good fun. Also worthwhile practice.

Our original plan for donuts and coffee at Lenhardt was clearly in delay status due to fog when we arrived at the airport.

Fortunately the South End Store is only about two miles away, where coffee and pastries await. Just the place to hold up with a little optimism for improved conditions.

Back an hour later, and the conditions had improved, save for the large patch of fog set stubbornly over the departure and final approach path. A slow preflight, bathroom stop, and walk around, and finally the departure path was clear.

 

We wouldn't be able to get much beyond the pattern, but that was fine, we'd be flying.

 

We spent the next hour with only a pre-check ride student in the pattern to keep us company, practicing takeoff and landing, enjoying the spring farmland below in between.

While taking our time in the pattern, I asked Audrey what it is that likes about flying. "I like the view from high up, but not too high, so everything on ground looks like toys and you can see far away". Yep, kinda the same for me. 

Taxiing onto the runway for the eighth and final time, Audrey's announcement of "here we go!" was conspicuously absent. Sound asleep.