Love your attitude, Rob. I feel much the same way. When the price of airplane parts makes me gag, the best cure is to go fly. Then all of a sudden, none of the cost means much--the joy is priceless.

It took awhile to get to Alliance on Monday--what should have been a 1+20 flight became a 2+40 flight. But that was a whole lot better than being in the long slow moving parking lot on all the north bound highways. And coming back, it was slightly better than 1+20, and incredibly much faster than the 10 hours it took some to get from Casper to Cheyenne on I-25, which is normally about 2 1/2 hours--heck, I can bicycle almost that fast!

Yup, there's something special about being able to fly, for sure.

Cary

I love my Cessna 172, but after owning a plane for a bit, I think my next bird will be experimental.

Hopefully built by me, as I have taken a great interest in the art of designing and building aircraft.

That said, my 172 will be with me for quite a few years before I get rid of it. Who knows, maybe things will have collapsed by then.

Cessnas DO HAVE a good reputation, though!

Rob's post nailed it. Thanks for taking the time to put to words what many of us were thinking.

I feel blessed, lucky and giddy every time I saddle up and watch the earth fall away beneath me.

Right on, Rob. Right on.