Nina and I joined Nipun for breakfast the next morning, and then relaxed at Stanford until early afternoon when the time came for me to be on my way. The following night I was due to collect James from Reno airport, so I planned to East to the foothills of the Sierras today, camp overnight, and then continue to Truckee Tahoe where I’d park the aircraft and rent a car for a couple of days. Nina dropped me off at…
The desert heats up early and it was not long in the morning before I was driven out of my tent by the increasing temperature. After a simple breakfast I packed up, and made my way back to the aircraft; this time following the road which turned out to be a far easier route, even if slightly longer. It took only a few minutes to load and pre-flight the aircraft; I took off down hill and turned northeast. The first…
A few weeks after setting the plan in motion I was on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to LA, via Memphis where James met me and liberally handed out free drinks vouchers. Although having originally planned to meet me, grab something to eat, and then return home before coming to California the following week, he decided to board the aircraft with me and come to LA for a few days. Being a Delta employee evidently has its perks. Fortuitously, the…