Thanksgiving

Getting 24 people stuffed around the table

This Thanksgiving had a lot of first. First time I flew with my newly minted private pilot license. First time I flew with Meg. First time Meg's parents met my parents. First time having 24 people for dinner at Grandma's. However, it all went very well.


Meg, showing no fear while I'm doing my best to keep things straight and level

Meg was a bit nervous with flying such a small plane, but she did it, and lived to tell the tale. It seems as if my parents and the Upshaws hit it off quite well. While people talk about a lull in the conversation every seven minutes, I don't think I ever heard a single one in that crew.

Thanksgiving dinner went very well. All 24 of us fit and there was plenty of tasty food to go around. I ate too much, and I'm proud of it. The next day, Dad, Auntie Net, Jen and James were brave enough to go flying around with me.


The flight up and back. Click image to download Google Earth file

Saturday was a bit cloudier that I had hoped, but we were able to stay under the ceiling and had no problems getting home. The trip was very successful. I didn't have to do any emergency maneuvers in the plane, I stuffed myself, and the parents hit it off well.

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