On Saturday the June 12th, our IA drove my dad (Rick), our friend Vance and
myself down to Boise City, Oklahoma.   It took 26 hours.  We made 4 stops about every 400 miles for food, fuel, and to switch drivers before we finally made it to Oklahoma.  We went there to pick up a Cessna 175 for our friend Sandy who was getting too old to fly it back himself.  The 175 had been sitting down there for nearly 2 years after engine trouble.  It had been fixed and ready to fly back a long time ago.  We had been talking about going and getting it for quite a while.  Sandy actually gave half of the airplane to Vance so that's when we decided to make our trip.  When we made it to the airport, we gave the plane an annual inspection and cleaned it up to be ready to take off the next morning.  It took us 11.9 hours to fly home.   We made stops in Lamar, Colorado, Torrington, Wyoming, Laurel, Montana, Bozeman, Montana and stayed the night at a real neat place called Hamilton, Montana right near the Idaho border.  The next day we made one stop in Hermiston, Oregon before we
made all the way back home.  The last leg of the trip was the best one
because it was nice and smooth and we had a 30 mph tailwind.  We were trying
to make it home on Tuesday morning with enough time for my rehearsal for
graduating high school, I was about half an hour late.  I graduated later
that night at 9:00!!!

My dad (Rick) & myself with the 175

6 am Monday morning before departure

Looking towards Hell's Canyon and the Snake River on the border of Washington & Idaho

First landing at departure airport Boise City, Oklahoma.  We wanted to fly around the pattern a few times before we left