Llano, TX

Well, some of the Purpleboard members had decided for a meet up in Llano for lunch at Cooper's BBQ. The plan was to fly down to Stephenville and pick up a guy that was going to ride with me into Llano for lunch. I was planning on getting to Stephenville at 10:30 am and just take my time getting to Llano. To do this, it required a 8:30 departure. I arrived at the airport at 7:45 and discovered the school locked up tighter than a drum. A little while later, the owner showed up and we got to pulling planes out. (For some reason, mine is always buried at the back) Preflight and checked the tanks. WAY to low to make the flight. We grabbed the fuel truck and discovered that it was out of fuel, too. After waiting until a little after 9:00 the fuel truck from the FBO showed up and filled me up. It was nearly 10:00 before I got up. Cruised into Stephenville and had a very nice flight in. Grabbed my passenger, and departed for Llano. We met the other guys at Llano and headed in for some of the best damn BBQ on earth. After lunch, we went back to the airport and sat around talking and waiting for the liquids that had been consumed to run their course. Filled up the planes and departed Llano to Stephenville and had some bumps going back, but nothing bad. I stayed around Stephenville for a while waiting for the temps to drop a little bit and kill off some of the convective turbulence. After departing for Lubbock, I got my first experience with haze. There were times the ground was hardly visible. Now I see how inadvertent entry into IFR happens so often and easily. After getting home, I was glad to see Lubbock airport and be home. I put in a lot of time today, met some new people, made some new friends, and had some real good flying.