Saratoga is only 51 minutes away.

That's how long it took us to get to Saratoga County Airport and that includes engine start, preflight, engine run-up and then waiting for an arriving Cessna to land & clear the runway. It also includes a headwind that slowed us a bit.

On the way back, with the tail wind, it took only 38 minutes to get to Northampton and land.

It was a beautiful flight at 4,500 feet the took us directly over Mt. Greylock, then the Taconics and finally the Hudson River Valley. We returned at 5,500 on the same path.

I know everyone thinks they live in God's Country but when you fly a plane a mile above western Massachusetts and northern New York, I can tell you that we live in God's Country. When you're a mile up, look in any direction and all you see are green rolling hills littered with lakes & rivers and small towns occasionally punctuated by slightly larger towns or small cities.

I can't wait to do it again.

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You might think there was no baseball tonight but you would be wrong. I'm going to watch the Pawtucket Red Sox play some ball.

While I do that, you should visit these links:

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely.



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "9:36 p.m. A couple in Columbia Falls got into an argument over the use of a microwave oven."



• Key phrase in this story: "...a horrible smell still reeks in the backyard a week after disposal."



• Of course it was an American exchange student.



• Only in Florida.



• Watch the video. It's worth your time.