View from my balcony in Key West. You can almost see Cuba from here. http://gdzl.la/96ixW1
December 31, 2010 at 05:16 PM
Thousand people crush at Gay New Year on Duval in Key West http://gdzl.la/96jeSZ
December 31, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Happy New Year! First time in years I've been in a dense crowd and felt safe being gay. http://gdzl.la/96no7C
January 01, 2011 at 12:06 AM
Golf cart around Key West, saw neat stuff. Tropical gothic houses, open air churches, sad carnival, slave history. http://gdzl.la/96u5Nx
January 01, 2011 at 03:35 PM
Also: even Key West has a poor black neighborhood (west of Duval). What a terrible legacy slavery left us.
January 01, 2011 at 03:37 PM
Planning a flight for tomorrow, first of a long journey home. Thinking Mobile, AL or Gulfport, MS. Know nothing about that part of the South
January 01, 2011 at 04:31 PM
The stairways at our hotel resemble an outdoor Hogwarts http://gdzl.la/96yAjQ
January 01, 2011 at 05:03 PM
Andy Kaufman's comedy of discomfort is alive and well in Key West, thanks to the Cat Man. http://gdzl.la/96z8s1 http://gdzl.la/96w5Wa
January 01, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Key West laid back is nice, bit both restaurants today melted down with only half the staff showing up on New Year's. Bummer.
January 01, 2011 at 09:20 PM
Sunset is all the rage in Key West, but sunrise is pretty good too. http://gdzl.la/96GnXZ
January 02, 2011 at 07:46 AM
Back in Cross City after a flight under low clouds. Cool Canadian flight of two on the ramp. http://gdzl.la/96QRZd
January 02, 2011 at 01:40 PM
Interesting power plant on the Florida Gulf coast about 60nm north of Tampa http://gdzl.la/96MQkt
January 02, 2011 at 01:41 PM
Sitting on the ground at Cross City for 30 minutes now, waiting for an IFR clearance delivered by phone. WX delays just like the airlines!
January 02, 2011 at 03:08 PM
Made it to Mobile, AL, home of the godaddy.com bowl. Nice flight, a world away from Key West.
January 02, 2011 at 06:53 PM
Wintzell's Oyster House for dinner. Cajun oysters + kitsch + bread pudding ftw. http://gdzl.la/96VYj6 http://gdzl.la/96VYkF
January 02, 2011 at 09:18 PM
Contemplating a Texas crossing tomorrow. Proposed stops: Quitman, Lubbock. Help.
January 02, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Mobile is kinda pretty, but downtown seems forlorn. Should come for Mardi Gras. http://gdzl.la/97867N http://gdzl.la/9751qD
January 03, 2011 at 08:33 AM
Buying avgas in Quitman, TX from my family's vast mineral holdings in Wood County. Met a pilot who knew my great grandfather.
January 03, 2011 at 07:46 PM
Arrived Lubbock, for better or worse. Flew right by Dallas Fort Worth's giant airport at 3500'. http://gdzl.la/97frhr
January 03, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Lubbock's actually not so bad. Decent dinner (Triple J), ok hotel, content. Tomorrow Los Lunas for fuel, Scottsdale for overnight.
January 03, 2011 at 10:11 PM
Belen, NM for carne adobada and a bowl of green. Nice flight, it's chilly up here. http://gdzl.la/97u4ig
January 04, 2011 at 02:57 PM
Savouring a soft Scottsdale sunset. http://gdzl.la/97B4Tw
January 04, 2011 at 07:41 PM
Cheap Holiday Inn: free wifi. Expensive Four Seasons: $10 wifi with a frame advertisement wrapped around every web page. No, really.
January 04, 2011 at 08:22 PM
Scottsdale sunrise at Pinnacle Peak. Our last day of the trip, easy flight via Palmdale to the barn in San Carlos. http://gdzl.la/97JaYn
January 05, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Willie J Fox airport, last stop before home. Great trip, but ready to be home. Also: ugly housing from the air. http://gdzl.la/97Rrmd
January 05, 2011 at 04:42 PM
And we're home! 5000 miles and 42 hours later. Final adventure: barely missing a seagull on the runway. Good thing I land left of center.
January 05, 2011 at 07:58 PM