Dayton, Ohio to Galesburg, Ilinois

This morning started off nice as we woke up late in the morning, packed our bags, gassed up our rental vehicles and headed over to Greene County airport to start our journey home. The one thing we were worried about yesterday was wondering if the runway was going to be plowed. Up to 20 inches of snow fell through the Ohio region in this storm, and airports were closed everywhere as crews struggled to clear the runways and roads. Anything that even remotely resembled snow clearing equipment was at a premium... if not impossible to find!

As we pulled into the airport we saw two snowplow vehicles plowing the apron, taxiways, and runways. That's right, those runways were getting plowed and boy were we relieved, some of us even cheered. We still had to do some shoveling around our planes but as soon as that was done it was almost time to go. The airport manager, Retired Colonel Don Smith did his final inspection of the runway and gave us the "Go ahead" to let us the know the airport was officially open and the runway was ready to be taken off from.








A couple of minutes later the flight plans were filed, we had a little briefing and said a quick prayer asking God to give us the strength we needed to push on towards the goal at hand.

All three planes got airborne and it was a fairly fun and relaxing flight as we traveled through the skies to Galesburg, Illinois. The flight took approximately 4 hours of flight time, it was one of the longest legs on the trip, but we made it to our first destination on the journey home.








Once we landed in Galesburg, Illinois we fueled up the planes and realized that everyone was starving. We were debating what to have for dinner and then the airport manager gave us a courtesy car and then a few of us drove into town on the adventure of finding something delicious to eat. We finally found something scrumptious, healthy, and delightful, that's right, "Subway". We ordered the sub of the day which was, "Chicken Breast" and boy was that delicious.

After our delicious dinner we secured the planes and then started planning for our journey and final stretch home. Once the planning, relaxation, and bonding time was done, it was time to call it a night and rest for the day ahead of us. "CANADA we are almost there!"

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13.