Fort Myers Here We Are....

We arrived in Ft. Myers by 11:30am this morning. WOW was the FBO hopping when we got there. There were women racers from all over the country checking in and getting their airplanes inspection. We are good to go. We got our creditionals reviewed and approved and the airplane was inspected by ARC.

The local news was at the airport interviewing different racers (no not us) and we saw it played back on the 6pm news tonight. There was a quote from one of the racers that only 6% (YES 6%) of the pilot population are women. The news also stated that there was a team with at least one of pilots was 92 years old. Age is only a number!!!!

The flight from Brunswick, GA to Fort Myers was not exactly uneventful. Weather was clear in GA but was we started making our way south into FL we started getting a lower cloud layer and there were storms in the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Kozel THANK YOU again for your wonderful Garmin 396 with XM weather. Dodging clouds was one thing but knowing that the weather was off the coast and out of our way was just very conforting. No worries and we cruised into Ft. Myers without any problems.

We had time later in the afternoon to take a dip in the pool and go have a great dinner at the Parrot Key in Ft. Myers Beach and we saw a very cool rainbow. My sister Georgia is our driver and tour guide until Sunday morning when we move into the race hotel. We hope to have a relaxing day tomorrow with the activities at Page Field that are open to the public (specifically the kids) starting @ 2pm and our ARC festivities kicking off tomorrow night with a BBQ at the airport.

Sunday and Monday will be busier since we will start our briefings for the race. Sorry too tired to post any pictures tonight. Thank you for ALL the well wishes and phone calls people have been sending us!!!! Night...Night!!!