Justin & Crystal's Wedding Reception Video

These were some clips taken on our Canon SD550. Enjoyable.

Tyler's Wedding in Michigan

It started on Friday when we headed up to the airport in Bluffton and pulled out the Arrow. Laura, Kaden and I loaded our stuff (that wasn't already en route via car) and blasted off towards Toledo Suburban Airport to pick up Whitney. The weather was clear, but the winds were against us all day, so we stayed low (3000' and 4000').

Landing in Toledo with some crosswinds was fun with the more narrow runway (50') and the tall trees surrounding it. We loaded up Whitney, used the facilities thanks to the fine folks at Suburban Aviation and blasted off towards Muskegon County Airport. With some head winds and a full load, it still only took about an hour and fifteen minutes.

Landing in Muskegon was interesting. We landed on runway 24 with winds out of 330 at 18 gusting to 25 or so. Fun! (The other two runways were closed. Not sure why.) After arriving in Muskegon and parking at Executive Air Transport, our Nissan Maxima rental car was ready to roll. We loaded up and headed to the Holiday Inn on Third St and checked in. While Laura tried to get Kaden to sleep, Whitney and I scoped out the surrounding area on foot. We found a "Party in the Park" (band, food, kid area) being set up a block away and Racquet's Bar and Grill for dinner later on. After a little time in the hotel lounge with some free appetizers and drinks, we headed for the park and then onto the bar and grill for pizza. Yum!

Saturday morning brought gray skies and rain. Along with that, temperatures that only flirted with 70F. No beach for us. We hit some McD's for breakfast and then onto Target for some last minute gift and clothes shopping. We got back to the hotel for some pool/steam room time and naps.

After naps and showers, we got dressed and headed to the church for the wedding. It was between Muskegon and North Muskegon right off SR31. It was a nice, quick wedding with the biggest bubble tunnel I've ever seen. Tyler and Tasha looked great. After the ceremony, we headed to Rafferty's for the reception. We had some drinks, appetizers and then the main meal once the wedding party arrived. After all the food, we did some dancing and then headed out around 930p. Kaden was tired and so were we.

Sunday morning was more low clouds and more cold. We packed up and headed to McD's (again) for breakfast. We all went our separate ways - dad to Toledo then home, mom to Fort Wayne then home and us to the airport. (The weather by Toledo was more red than I liked.) We emptied the car, paid for the tie-down ($10/night) and then filed IFR back to Bluffton. Upon looking at the RADAR images again, I saw a big hole of no red between there and here so we blasted off for home. One hour and fifteen minutes later, we were wheels down. We did a good amount of IMC and some good tail winds. Also, the views were amazing at times, between cloud layers. Sweet. (More nasty cross winds in Bluffton as shown in my landing video. Yikes!)

All in all, a long, stressful weekend punctuated by moments of fun. Would I do it again? Yeah. Do I want to right now? No, I need a nap.

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Here is a video of us flying in and out of some IMC over Michigan:

Colorado Trip - Day 2

Today dawned rainy and gloomy. (Why does it rain every time I'm here?) John and I ended up going for some Amber Boch around 10am and started on those right away. It was going to be a good day.

We headed to the wedding around 1pm. It was down the canyon at the Viestenz-Smith Park on 34. It was very nice and the rain started right after it was over. We all headed back to the house for cake and fun. John's father brought his 81 year old fire engine over for a little drive. Sweet!











After watching a little football, we ended up eating dinner at the Outback Steakhouse and watching OSU whip on Texas. Woohoo!!