I've finally made it back, and it's nice to be home after more than three weeks away.
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When I got up this morning, the weather was VFR in Dayton and MVFR in Ithaca (forecast to clear to VFR by the time I got there). There were large patches of IFR and LIFR reported in eastern Ohio along my route, but the forecast was for them to clear up by 11AM.
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As forecast, the overcast at Dayton broke up to the east, and within ten minutes of takeoff I was flying along at 5,500 feet under cloudless skies and smooth air.
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Someone was burning something in Chesterville, Ohio/
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Two Rorschach Ponds for the last day of my trip...
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All roads meet in Hartville, Ohio.
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Lake Milton, Ohio.
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The bridge and dam on the Mahoning River in Girard, Ohio.
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There was a broken undercast at around 200 feet above ground level for a stretch of about 75 miles from Franklin, Ohio, to Bradford, Pennsylvania. The undercast was never complete, but as I approached the Ohio/Pennsylvania border, it broke up into these parallel waves of clouds. It was like looking down on the earth through a picket fence.
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The undercast ended shortly before I reached Bradford, Pennsylvania.
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The Canisteo River near Cameron, NY.
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After three and a half hours in the air, my destination is finally in sight - that's KITH, Ithaca Airport, just past the lake.
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The view up Cayuga Lake was spectacular, and a great "welcome home" for 493 and me.
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Home at last.
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