Convenience of an Airplane

It's been 5 years or so that I've been flying! ~280 hours later, and I've only had two chances to demonstrate the worth of a small airplane as more than a toy to take people to lunch to San Juan Islands, or to fly around to maintain proficiency so I can actually take people to the San Juans and they don't get scared in the process... :-) Wow! Only two times, so it's amazing how sparingly those opportunities seem to arise.

The second opportunity came just a couple of days ago. A friend of mine was going up to Orcas Island for some camping, and then they were going to take a ferry to Victoria, BC. Trouble was that they left their passport at home. And today, no passport = no crossing the border (or at least no getting back into the States)... So, what's a good friend like me to do? I swing by their apartment, get their passport, fire up the IO-360-L2A in a Cessna Skyhawk, and fly up to Orcas Island Airport (KORS)! Especially on a beautiful weekend day like we've been enjoying lately in the Northwest.

1.5 hours on the Hobbs there and back, passport delivered, and a vacation saved! Plus, I got to spend some time on Orcas Island as well, which was a big bonus, since that's actually a place where before I never set foot outside of the airport. How cool is that?