Our progress westward continues. The last 48 hours we've covered ground and water between Venice, Florida and Beaumont, Texas. That's much of the western coast of Florida, the panhandle, a tiny bit of Alabama and Louisiana, and across the line into the enormous state of...
Our U.S. perimeter flight continues and, for the last 36 hours, we've slowly been making our way around the long, narrow peninsula known as Florida. Boyd and I both agree, our flight has been a complete joy and, even though we're less than a third...
Rachel Scarbrough is based at KAUS, Austin-Bergstrom Airport, Austin, Texas. I am a director of a competitive gymnastics team in Austin, TX. I have been coaching for over 10 years, and was a gymnast myself. I competed for the USA at the World Championships in 2001, and also qualified...
I am thrilled to report that we're finally on the move again! On our VFR flight around the perimeter, after 5 days of being weathered-in in Norfolk, Virginia, we gave in and filed IFR yesterday. KPHF was a great place to hang out for a...
Within the first 8 days of our USA perimeter flight, tropical storm Alberto kicked our butts and played havoc with the entire Eastern Seaboard. Low ceilings and rain showers have firmly planted our RV-7 on the tarmac at Newport News/Williamsburg Airport for 5 days. All...
Our little three-some (Boyd, me and our RV7) are still weathered-in in the Norfolk, Virginia area. We've put hundreds of miles on our rental car and have done enough sightseeing to qualify for tour guides ourselves. Today we decided to break rank with the ordinary...
