Short trip up to visit Granny

Granny recently had a full knee replacement surgery and is just now at home recovering. Carolyn was with her most of the time in the hospital (as was Cordy) - and Sharon flew in for this upcoming week to help out. So, Granny is a well-cared-for lady!

We flew in for a quick visit on Sunday - beautiful weather (but still cold)

Here is a photo out of the front of the plane - weird how the camera interpreted the propeller!


It was a little hazy, but the terrain was lovely with all the snow still on the ground.



Still lots of snow at the Asheville Airport, but the runways and taxiways were all clear.


The flight home was equally lovely - actually even better because we had a 25 knot tailwind (of course, we had a 25 knot headwind on the way up - but the tailwind is so much more fun!)


We stopped in at Siler City Airport for fuel before going into our home strip....unfortunately, the landing gear would not come up on takeoff. No problem - we just landed again and left the plane for the mechanic to look at in the morning.....pretty sunset, though!