Sunday I made up for leaving CC at home. It was a clear brisk morning with great visibility. I figured greater than 50 miles which meant you could easily see across Florida. Now we all know we live on a peninsula but standing on the ground you don't really get the sensation.
We climbed through the clear morning air to 8500 feet. I had picked a spot about 10 Northwest of Ocala. Florida gets skinnier and coast to coast distance is only about 90 nautical miles. Crossing Palatka we knew that we were gonna have a good view as the West coast became pretty clear. At 8500 we circled North and could clearly see both the Gulf and the Atlantic. The above picture is the former and the latter below. The Atlantic is grainy but was clear to us.
Sitting up there you really get the whole peninsula thing but that was yesterday. Today we were off to the West coast. One nice thing about the plane is you make some trips that just would not make sense in a car. I had noticed that my second cousin and her family were in Clearwater and CC then mentioned that an old friend was back in Clearwater as well.
It is only an hour so I thought brunch. Just about a year ago our friends were in St. Pete and we met them at KSPG. Today we were heading to KCLW, Clearwater Airpark. The flight over was easy though we had a bit of headwind. Clearwater Airpark is nestled among the houses which makes it a bit hard to see. Also today was hazy, could not see across the state. We still managed to find our way and our friends were nice enough to drive us to Brunch.
We ate at Lenny's which was packed and good. My only complaint is the menu is long and complicated. Our family met up at the restaurant. It had only been about 35 years since we last saw each other. We caught up but eventually Brunch was over and we headed back to the airport. The selfie shows us with our family. The flight home was quiet and uneventful. We wished the controllers a Merry Christmas. The plane is now fueled and in the hangar waiting for our next trip.
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