Navigators Log Star Date July 3, 2012

Day 0.25 of our trip to Tennessee. We were a bit slow getting going this afternoon. Finished up work, filled the cat feeder, let cat out, let cat in, clean up after cat, empty dishwasher (that was Roy's idea....I mean really, who does that stuff right before leaving for vaca). Roy did last minute route planning, I stuffed all our gear in the car, then off to the airport, stuffed everything in the plane, then off we went! Whew.... all kinds of songs come to mind, On the Road again... Life is a Highway... or my favorite plane song Magic Carpet Ride (click the link to hear the song)
The first leg of the trip was blissfully uneventful. We soared past the Dalles, marvelling again at how fast the RV-7A is compared to the Zodiac, then whooshed over Lewiston, Idaho, and on to Helena, Montana.
We decended to the valley in 18-30knt winds. wooo hooo in a sailboat - not so much in a small plane.
We are staying the night at Mustang Mickeys, an FBO on the field, right under the tower. We get to sleep in bunk beds tonight :-))))
Here are a couple pics I took enroute:

Wind Farms just past the Dalles

The Rockies