Gladstone to Steinbach Thursday

We departed Gladstone at 3:43 Mb time and headed for High Bluff a turn co-ordinate to keep us out of Portage traffic. This route put us over a farm near Woodside where my sister used to live and over my brother cabin. We could see Delta Marsh, and the first of the great Manitoba lakes. It was good to see things like the Winnipeg floodway and many of the sights that look so different from a car along the highway. Beautiful country, flat as a pancake but rich in memories. After the turn we stayed south of Winnipeg and out of their control zone. Steinbach was coming up fast on the GPS and soon we joining an unusually quiet Steinbach South. As there was no response on there radio, we careful looked into what is normaly busy skies, and entered the circuit for a landing at Steinbach South the home of Harv's Air a bbusy flight training center.

A half dozen young man were soon out of the hangar greeting these two guys that were out flying in the north wind. We soon realized that flight training had been shut down due to the winds and their radio had been turned off.

After introductions we tied down, set up camp and visited with more folks who soon arrived. The Cadets have been training at Harv's this past week. We watch a little airshow as one of the cadets got a ride in the Pitts. Blows me away to see the manovers that that plane can do.

We got a taxi ride to the Frantz Hotel had a Pickrel filet supper and a couple of drinks. A wonderful Manitoba treat. We got a taxi back to a how dark airport and hit the pillows. A wonderful day.

Marty / Lawrence