Corpus Christy, Texas

Erika spent the month of July down in Corpus Christy for one of her med school rotations. If you know Erika at all you understand that a hotel inland would not work. A condo on the beach was in order. Thursday July 17, I left work at 5 and flew the RV down for a long weekend. It is a 7 to 8 hour drive or a 2 hour flight. Hmmmmm let's see... I think I'll fly.
With my baggage loaded up the temperature inside the airplane was a hot 105 degrees. By the time I climbed to 5,700 feet it was down to a comfy 75 degrees
The flight down was uneventful with a few turns to avoid thunderstorms.

In case you didn't know, Corpus Christy is a port city.



Once on the ground my bride was there to pick me up.



We had an awesome weekend with walks on the beach, fine dinning, and a visit to the USS Lexington.

Sunday I lifted off at 5:31 and climbed to 10,000 feet where the temperature was a cool 64 degrees. I turned the autopilot on and sat back to enjoy a bottle of water and granola bar. At that altitude I was above the puffy white clouds and cooking right along. With a ground speed of up to 202 mph I was home before dark. Ahhhhhh maybe I should have drove the car : )