Matt and I had a very nice trip back to Prairie du Chien on Saturday, where we had brunch at Huckleberry’s, a half-mile walk from the FBO. It was a beautiful day, and Matt got a chance to take quite a few pictures.

This time I filed a flight plan for some practice with FSS. We headed west and stayed close to the Wisconsin River, taking in the scenery. I wanted to cruise at 4500 feet, but there was a layer of clouds at about 4000 feet, so we stayed at about 3500.

Along the way, we got to enjoy some drama while listening to Lone Rock’s CTAF. Apparently there was someone “lost” a few miles north of the Lone Rock airport. He found the VOR, but couldn’t find the airport. Some people were trying to help him, reminding him to use the GPS he had installed, but he just wasn’t getting it. I wondered why he apparently didn’t have a sectional. After about 15 minutes, and a lot of radio chatter, he found the aiport. Matt and I had a laugh over this.

The rest of the flight was uneventful, and landing at PDC was good. As we descended, we got a chuckle over a farmer in a harvester about 50 feet from the end of the runway. Apparently he has farmland surrounding most of the area.

We parked and headed into town on foot. We ended up at Huckleberry’s where they were still serving breakfast. It was very good!

The return trip was uneventful, but with tons of wonderful scenery to look at. There was a good amount of traffic back in the pattern at Morey so I sequenced myself with numerous radio calls and landed with the stall horn going off. Nice!

This trip put another 2.6 hours on my log. I think my next will be even further away, to an airport I haven’t been before. I’m hoping to get up to Wausau, WI yet this summer.

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