An early departure from Scottsbluff, Nebraska (KBFF) to Norfolk Regional, Nebraska (KOFK) started our day with blue skies and white, puffy clouds -- a great beginning. At (KOFK) we landed to see Classic Racer # 8 on the ground. We expected a quick turnaround and off to Iowa, City but the messy weather was playing with us again. (See photo below). Instead were we served delicious sandwiches and beautifully designed sunflower cookies.
The weather is messing with us again. Who wants to fly through that??
Sunflower cookies
We finally decided to fly eastward but the weather forced us to land at our alternate destination along the way, Red Oak, Iowa. We were greeted by airport manager, Gail Ernst, who waited out the weather with us. We highly recommend a stop at this well designed and maintained airport in the middle of farm land with all the relevant aromas.
After a delightful visit, we were off again, heading eastward again. By then, the deadline for racers to arrive in Harrisburg, PA passed so we decided to file an IFR flight plan. Once again we made a stop because of weather, at Kirksville, MO (KIRK). Robert heard our radio call and waited for us to land (already 8:00 pm Central time zone). He even loaned us an airport car to drive to a hotel for the night. We also discovered that KIRK will be a future Air Race Classic stop.
Kirksville, MO
You can track all the racers at www.airraceclassic.org
Off to bed. We have about 6 hours of flight time tomorrow to reach Pennsylvania -- Eastward Ho!!!
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