Rensselaer Indiana Visit

Duane's aunt and uncle, Paul and Christine are celebrating three fantastic milestones in their lives this year - their 60th wedding anniversary and their 80th birthdays. So, their kids threw them a big party and we were invited!


Here they are circa 1992 when they visited us down in Boca Raton!!

So off to Rensselaer, Indiana we flew!

I always love it when we fly over terrain that is different - I think that's why people like to travel - just to see "something different"!

The lovely super-flat fields -

Approaching Rensselaer - it was a hazy day, so the photos aren't as clear as they could be.  We'll have to go back in the winter when the air

We followed the (very square block) roads over to Paul/Christine's house.  Several family members live on this same block.

Granny will enjoy seeing this overhead of the old "home place".  Not much left now except her late brother, Donnie's house (which is next-door to the home place).

Coming back towards Rensselaer from the other direction.

Landing at their nice airstrip.  No trees or hills to interfere here!

Really nice but deserted little airport.

Getting the plane ready to leave on Sunday.....storm clouds threatening.

I snapped a photo of the picnic table at the FBO.  I just thought it was cute - they've used boat seats for the chairs.  A nice all-weather idea!

Lovely old courthouse in the square downtown.

Duane's cousin Shelly was hosting Sharon and Carolyn for the weekend. We stopped by their cycle shop in town. Neat place and lots of fun inside!

Off to the National Guard Armory for the big celebration! Duane's cousins did a fabulous job setting this up. I think half the town attended!

Visiting with cousins...Granny, Sharon and Carolyn are continuing their little trip over the next couple of days visiting some of Granny's old friends before flying the airlines home.

Paul and Christine cutting their anniversary cake!

A photo-op for the NC "group"!

There were storms building across eastern Indiana and Ohio - so we had to get in the air Sunday afternoon....Carolyn asked us to get a photo of the windmill "farm" from the air.  They had driven past, but wanted to see what they looked like from the air.  Unfortunately, there were clouds in the way of a good photo!

But strangely enough, a friend of mine from Siler City was flying there on Sunday also and posted this photo at a much lower level on Facebook...so I stole his photo.  Thanks, Steve!

A fairly uneventful flight -  we were in the clear as we crossed Indianapolis - we could see the speedway off the wing....

We dodged a few thunderstorms on the way back and had the plane back in the hangar right at dark!  A nice trip!