2. Los Angeles downtown and Dodger Stadium

3. Van Nuys airport

4. Lake Casitas

5. Santa Barbara

6. Wildfire TFR

7. Oceano Approach

8. Safely on the ground at Oceano

9. Marine Layer from the ground

11. Sundown over Oceano

12. Starting all over again in the morning

13. Emerged underneath after waiting for a while

14. Carrizo Plains Soda Lake

15. St Joaquin Valley south of Bakersfield

16. Climbing up to Tehachipi

18. Rosamond Lake waiting for ATC to acknowledge

19. Pisgah Lava Field, I 40 & Hwy 66

21. Roads going nowhere

23. Back at the Colorado

24. Nothing to disrespect

25. On the way to Payson

27. Collapsing thunderhead

28. Storms to the left

29. Storms to the right

30. Finally - End in sight

31. Snuggled up to a flatbed trailer to stay out of the weather

32. Early rise

33. Enjoying the scenery while everything is still calm

34. Love to maneuver

35. Not all that friendly looking

36. But plenty of room for a small plane

37. Over Angel Fire airport (7170 ft), looking north at Eagle Nest Lake

38. Ducking once more

39. Descending into the foothills

40. Raton, friendliest airport on the whole trip

41. Isolated thunderstorms everywhere

42. Pretty above, but hell underneath – let’s climb

43. Don’t want to stay up here too long

44. Salt Plains NWR, OK and time to descend

45. Dropping into Anthony, KS out of stormy skies – again fueled up by Police after calling 911

46. Home Run - The final leg to Lee’s Summit was one heck of an endurance test Low ceilings, haze, isolated thunderstorms and brutal turbulence kept me more than busy While I always maintained a safe margin of control, there was not a chance for holding a camera steady enough to shoot pictures.

47. So, was it boring? Here is my answer: