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2017-08 KRAP (Rapid City, SD)

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We’ve passed the halfway mark between New York and Home and tonight we’ve decided to stay two nights in Rapid City, South Dakota, so we can visit Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore National Park is at the top our list of special places to visit because no one has been there

2017- 08 KFRM (Fairmont, MN)

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We wake in Peoria and decide to try to make it to Rapid City South Dakota where we can stay for 2 nights. It’s a bit of a trek so we plan a lunch stop in Fairmont, MN. Papa pilot has family roots in Fairmont and has visited there many

2017-08 KPIA (Peoria, IL)

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We wake up the next day and there is a line of thunderstorms on our way back west. We tentatively pick Chicago area and load up and go. We’re a bit more comfortable now that we are down a person, but with 2 adults, 2 kids, a stroller, bike and

2017-08 KOKV (Winchester, VA)

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The adventure home is starting. Now we are done with the business stops of the trip and transitioning to our “dart at a map” method of travel back across the US to Seattle. We leave Teterboro and head south for an hour and a half to drop off Papa Birdie

2017-08 KTEB (Teterboro, NJ)

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We awake the next morning and packed up for our next spot. On the way to the Bedford Airport, we had breakfast near Harvard. The Bonanza had been positioned at the Signature FBO for the pervious 2 days working filming the Breitling DC-3 on their world tour. The plan was

2017-08 KBED (Bedford,MA)

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Our first trip across the United States actually started from the east coast, so it was only a one way trip across the US. Papa pilot and crew positioned the Bonanza in Toronto Canada for filming work and then to Bedford, Ma. The filming work continued in Boston area and

2017-07 KFHR (Friday Harbor, WA)

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Being based in the Seattle area we are about a 30 minute flight from the San Juan Islands. For us to drive to the islands, it would require a fully committed weekend with a 3 hour drive to Anacortes and then a 2 hour ferry ride to the islands. There’s no way

2017- 07 KBDN (Bend,OR)

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  It’s almost a month since plane girl was born and we decide to take our first trip to Bend. It’s going to be an interesting week we’re staying at different places and doing different things. Papa pilot has some work to do in the middle of the week with

KMYL (McCall, ID) May 2017 ::Leg 6 of 6::

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McCall was the last stop on our trip back home. We just needed to get out and stretch our legs and have lunch. Since we’ve been here before we knew that there were a couple dining options close to the airport that didn’t require us to use a car. We