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"Where's the airport?" Jean asked. But
I couldn't see it-nor, for the moment,
remember how to cancel the loaded
approach. So I aimed in the general direction and, assisted by Jean and her tablet
GPS, found Gillespie County Airport hiding behind some low hills.
Fredericksburg's legendary Hangar
Hotel was booked, but Jean and I strolled
from our tiedown to check it out. The desk
clerk showed us around and boasted of the
adjacent Airport Diner.
"Best milkshakes east of the Pecos
River," she said, so we moseyed next door
into an old-style stainless-steel diner for a
huge vanilla malt.
"Who makes the best milkshakes west of
the Pecos?" I asked, back at the hotel. The
woman blushed and shrugged. Jean has
volunteered to conduct further research.
I resist hard appointments when piloting, but sometimes they're unavoidable.
Departure morning found us still under
the shadow of the lingering front. I wanted
to land at San Marcos to experience $1 fuel
and Redbird Skyport, but the forecast suggested we might get stuck there.
It's work flying instruments in unfamiliar territory, especially not knowing local
fixes on a short 35-minute flight. So early
on our San Antonio hop I requested and
dialed in an approach to Stinson Municipal
Airport, but we departed the clouds before
getting there and landed in the clear.
"You made a good decision flying direct
today," said Sergio that night over dinner.
"Thunderstorms bracketed San Marcos
after you took off."
"Is Sergio seriously tracking our entire
trip on his computer?" asked Jean.
"Yes," laughed his wife, Deanna. "When
it comes to airplanes, no amount of detail
is too much for Sergio." Then our talk
turned to weather. That same gargantuan cold front was now stalled in a great
stormy arc from West Texas to Michigan.
"I'm afraid you're not flying home
anytime soon, Greg," said Sergio, and it
appeared he was right.
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