Monday, July 28 We got up early to find nice cool temperatures and a steady wind, and Danny dropped of us back at Schaumburg airport. Even so, we didn’t have the plane filled up with fuel completely. We took off with no problem and headed north, keeping Lake Michigan off to the distance to…
Sunday, July 27 continued We came up to the Schaumburg airport from the east. The runway is in the middle of an urban area surrounded by tall trees and buildings. At the east end of the runway is a water tower you have to make sure you miss as you come in to land! Berck…
Sunday, July 27, 2014 It rained all night. The weather when we woke up was overcast and very soggy. Uncle Stacy said he’d take the car back to the FBO and see what he could find out. Berck and I went back to sleep and slept until housekeeping knocked on our door at 10 a.m. …
Saturday, July 26, 2014. Sydney took us to brunch at Monell’s, which is an old house converted into a restaurant with huge tables. They seat everyone family style and then just start bringing out big platters/baskets of food: biscuits, gravy, cinnamon rolls, grits, home fries, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, country ham, pancakes, and fantastic fried…
Friday, July 25, 2014 I put on a motion sickness patch, that Uncle Stacy had prescribed, behind my ear before getting in bed. Sleepiness is a side effect, but I kept waking up a lot. I did sleep a lot in the plane later in day, but that may have been because we didn’t sleep…