MADE IT!!!!

After having to stop last night in Cross Ways, Florida due to storms. We stayed overnight at this town, which was kind of weird, but everyone was so nice. JoAnna at the Carriage Inn was the nicest host. So we took off this morning for the 1 and 1/2 hours trip, and we made it through inspections, and now it's time to relax. It's hot here in Florida. The following pics are from the past two days. From the start of our journey, to the storms we had to pass to get here. We ate at this restaurant that the decorations was mostly deer and had the small town feeling to it.

storms

Storms popped up making us plan to reroute our trip,so we decided to leave early in the morning instead of having to waste fuel and time trying to fly around the storms (disadvantage of flying smaller airplanes), which as everyone knows 7:00 am is not early, since I am usually at work by 6:30. Man, it feels weird knowing tomorrow I will be getting up and not going to work. I think the longest I have ever been out of work for vacation is two weeks and that is when I had surgery, and now I'm going to be gone almost 3 weeks, it seems crazy. I'm going to miss the kids.

Well tomorrow, when we arrive to Florida I will post the first picture, and will probably post another blog about getting to Florida. It's about a 6 and 1/2 hour flight to get there. I'm all packed, possibly overpacked and ready to go. Now hopefully I can sleep tonight, because I am already excited about going to the beach. I miss going to the beach since moving back to the landlocked mid-west. Hoping to possibly pick up some cool shells to make some cool necklaces, that I can send home due to weight restrictions (heavier the plane is, the slower it goes).

almost here

One week left before starting the engines. Suzanne and I will be leaving tomorrow for our journey to Florida. Sarah will join us this coming weekend, and I'm excited to met her. There is still chances to help donating by hitting the paypal button on the website.

thank you

I would like to personally thank everyone who came out to the hanger dance. I hope everyone had fun.

wow

Time is flying, in about 35 days we will be leaving for the journey of a lifetime. I wanted to get some thank you's out before it gets crazy, first thank you to my family, who let me live out my dreams and supporting me. I would like to thank my partners, for being my partners and going along on this adventure.

This Saturday is the Hanger Dance at the Council Bluffs Iowa airport. It is running from 6-9 pm. $10.00 per person, 15.00 per couple, 6.00 for ages 13-17,and under 12 free. I will be having a silent auction as well. I cannot believe the media press on this dance. It has been on one news station, listed on a few others, two newspapers, the Indytransponder.com, the EAA Omaha Chapter website, flyers posted in stores, even made yahoo news. I hope this is a turn out,since every other time I have tried to have fundraisers, they were a bust.

Sunday, I am also having a pampered chef party, where part of the proceeds will be donated to our cause. Hopefully between both fundraisers, I raise enough money. I am getting excited as the days count down.

hanger dance benefit

We are having a hanger dance/fly-in at Council Bluffs airport MAY 15TH from 6-9:00 PM. Raffle items will be available as well.

welcome to the 2010 race. We are number 23 this year.

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WE ARE AIR RACE CLASSIC NUMBER 23

The new 2010 Snow Eagles race team, will consist of 3 female pilots. We are racing for a charity once again this year. We will be racing for the Nebraska Chapter of the Make-A-Wishfoundation. Dr. Suzanne Braddock lives in Omaha. She is a dermatologist with an office in Omaha. has been a licensed pilot since 1984, with private and instrument  ratings. She initially became interested in aviation when the State of Nebraska flew her to North Platte, Ne for a  medical clinic several 
times a month.  She happily spent many hours learning safety and quality 
in aviation from the excellent State of Nebraska pilots who flew 
several doctors in various aircraft over the years. She used her aviation skills to assist others in needed travel  throughout the United States, especially members of various religious orders. She also fly to assist in medical care delivery in the region, and to speak at medical symposia. “By participating in the Air Race Classic,I would like to make the role of women in aviation better known, especially since women have  had an important part to play both in aviation history and currently in commercial and private aviation. I would like to promote the role 
of general aviation in community building, and  highlight  the special 
competence women bring to this endeavor.” Suzanne likes to play the harp, and loves to travel.


Nicole Boettger will once again be racing. This is her 3rd race in the ARC. She is a private pilot with over 100 hours. "I love racing. This is the best adventure, and the ladies you meet become lifelong friends." Nicole is on her last semester of grad school,obtaining her Masters in Homeland Security. She is a certified Zumba fitness instructor. She works at the YMCA as a preschool/dance/tumbling/fitness instructor. She also works part time at Sokal School of Dance. In her free time, she is a member of the Polynesian Dance Studio, and loves hanging with her two doggies-a purebreed beagle, and a beagle doxie mix.



Sara Vanderpool will be joining the team, as a newbie. She is a licensed private pilot, with over 100 hours. She is a law student at Drake University. In free time, she likes to travel, fish, and is a card club member. "This race sounded like a good trip."