ScottSchmidt
Well Known Member
Life seems to get busier everyday for all of us. Luckily there are places like the Bahamas that can recalibrate us and allow us to just relax, build sand castles with our kids and have a good margarita. We were invited to join up with three other RV-10's and head to the Bahamas in late April.
Seems like all of VAF was in the Bahamas the same time so I will try to just hit the highlights and share some pictures.
Of course the kids came with us who had just turned 3 and almost 20 months old. I was a little concerned about the long flight from Salt Lake to the Bahamas but they did perfect. They never complained and were either sleeping, eating or watching a movie.
We departed Salt Lake on a Thursday afternoon and flew non-stop to Wiley Post airport just next to Oklahoma City for the first night. I was not sure how far we were going to make it and I had about three airports planned. The kids were doing so great we stretched it as far as we could. RaNae even took the controls for awhile over a beautiful overcast layer. The next day was a little rainy and overcast so I filed IFR and flew in the soup for about 2 hours and from then on we had perfect weather the rest of the trip.
We landed in Monroe, Alabama (KMVC). Again the kids were doing great so when I amended my flight plan to go a little further ATC asked why, I said "cause the kids are still sleeping", they were just fine with that. If you are ever in the area be sure to stop here. The fuel was cheap and they had the best lunch ready for us there. We ate BBQ pork sandwiches, great iced tea and they had 3 types of homemade cake that the kids loved. Everything was free with a fuel purchase. They get lots of military aircraft visits. They also said Monroe was famous for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
We fueled up and planned on meeting up with everyone at Ft. Lauderdale Executive airport. That flight went great and we landed just as the sun went down. We tied down at Banyan which is one of the nicest FBO's I have been to. The next morning we quickly visited their pilot shop which is huge. Anna flew the big iron for a minute before putting on her life vest and heading across the water.
We flew with Brian and Brandi Unrein, The Olson's (Tim, Andrea, Colleen and Danielle), and Sean and Hollie Strasburg.
Both Brian and Brandi Unrein and Tim Olson did great write-ups for this trip.
Seems like all of VAF was in the Bahamas the same time so I will try to just hit the highlights and share some pictures.
Of course the kids came with us who had just turned 3 and almost 20 months old. I was a little concerned about the long flight from Salt Lake to the Bahamas but they did perfect. They never complained and were either sleeping, eating or watching a movie.
We departed Salt Lake on a Thursday afternoon and flew non-stop to Wiley Post airport just next to Oklahoma City for the first night. I was not sure how far we were going to make it and I had about three airports planned. The kids were doing so great we stretched it as far as we could. RaNae even took the controls for awhile over a beautiful overcast layer. The next day was a little rainy and overcast so I filed IFR and flew in the soup for about 2 hours and from then on we had perfect weather the rest of the trip.
We landed in Monroe, Alabama (KMVC). Again the kids were doing great so when I amended my flight plan to go a little further ATC asked why, I said "cause the kids are still sleeping", they were just fine with that. If you are ever in the area be sure to stop here. The fuel was cheap and they had the best lunch ready for us there. We ate BBQ pork sandwiches, great iced tea and they had 3 types of homemade cake that the kids loved. Everything was free with a fuel purchase. They get lots of military aircraft visits. They also said Monroe was famous for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
We fueled up and planned on meeting up with everyone at Ft. Lauderdale Executive airport. That flight went great and we landed just as the sun went down. We tied down at Banyan which is one of the nicest FBO's I have been to. The next morning we quickly visited their pilot shop which is huge. Anna flew the big iron for a minute before putting on her life vest and heading across the water.
We flew with Brian and Brandi Unrein, The Olson's (Tim, Andrea, Colleen and Danielle), and Sean and Hollie Strasburg.
Both Brian and Brandi Unrein and Tim Olson did great write-ups for this trip.
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