Kaden's New Chair

Laura ordered Kaden a little chair from eBay to sit on in the living room. It finally came today and fits him just right. He enjoyed watching the latest episode of Blue's Clues on it.

Urbana Breakfast Flight

COLD!!! That's the first thing that came to mind this morning when I got out of the car at the hangar. The time was 6:30am and the temperature was in the high 20's. The sun was still down and the metal hangar doors were COLD. No worries.

After a preflight and a good runup, I took off with plenty of extra power. With the cold temperatures and a light load (well, I have lost a few pounds, at least), the Archer hopped off the runway and climbed at 1,200' per minute. Not bad.

I cruised down there, watching the sunrise. After a high and fast pattern, I went around to give it another go. I still didn't do good, but I made the very last turnoff at the end of the runway... barely, it felt like. Dave G and I had some breakfast and then launched back for home base.

On the way back, I flew over work and took some more unworthy photos. Bah. I can't get a good one to save my life. No matter. The landing back at Bluffton was textbook (airspeed, airspeed, airspeed) and I put the plane away and made it to work on time.

I still vote this is the best way to wake up in the morning - 3,500' at 120 knots.

(Sorry about the lack of quality photos. I couldn't get a good one all morning with the Digital Rebel.)

Long Ride

Since I don't make it to the Y on weekends, I thought a little bike ride was in order. I decided that biking to the in-laws' house for lunch would be a good idea. So, 3.57 miles later, I was there eating a small meal.

I decided to bike to the Ottawa Metro Park and check to see just how long my run was on Friday afternoon. After doing that, I cycled home.

Whew! That was long. My quads are going to be crying tonight...and tomorrow.

O - H ... I - O !!!

The day of victory - the OSU/Michigan game has come again. We spent our afternoon/evening over at the Szuch's with Sam there as well. We watched the Bucks pull it out by the skin of their teeth - 42-39. Whew!!


(I just had to make this.)

Run At The Park

I decided on my way to the Y today after work that I would run at the Ottawa Metro Park. There is a reservoir and some walking trails through the park itself. I did the reservoir and decided that it wasn't enough punishment. I ended up running around quite a bit of the trails and ended up doing 2.4 miles in about 25 minutes. Not a bad pace for being 1.5 off-road (reservoir - mostly grass) and .9 miles on hilly paved trail.

It was a great run! I just wish I'd had more than a hoodie and shorts. My new running hat would have been nice.

Kaden's Mohawk

Kaden got a little shampoo mohawk tonight. Rockin!

3.7 & Sign-off In the Arrow

I finally finished! After 3.7 hours in the Arrow tonight, I'm finally good to go as far as insurance is concerned. The CFI and I flew from 5G7 to PKB (Parkersburg, WV) for some late lunch and then back via IFR. It was pretty clear in Bluffton, but about 30 miles east, the overcast started underneath us and continued all the way to PKB.

I was vectored by ATC onto the ILS 3 final approach course and flew it down to 1,300' where, 400' above the ground, I finally saw the lights. Sweet! Instrument approaches are always more fun when you're done with them. Very satisfying.

We ate and flew back and then did some t-n-g's to get the required time. It was good and I feel completely comfortable with the Arrow. Now...where to go...

Friday Evening at the YMCA

We met up with the Redmonds at the Y tonight for a little Wallyball and some basketball. Well, it ended up being "run the kids around in a cart" which we eventually turned over to themselves for entertainment. Fun!

Running/Biking Log

I am going to start keeping track of my running/biking with a little log so I can see my progress on graphs and such. You can see it to by clicking here.

I think this will help me train for my first 5K. I don't know when (hopefully January) or where (probably in Ohio), but I'd like to do one just to have some type of running goal.

Four New Kaden Posts

I figured I'd put this up so you know where they are. They are somewhat buried since I post them on the dates the photos were taken. Just go here and check out the last four or five entries.

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