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There is really too much to cover here in the text.  But, to sum it up, we woke up this morning on the North end of the Ruby Mountains in Nevada.  After grabbing some much needed coffee, we pointed ‘er West and found ourselves in Truckee, California by Noon at Tal’s house.  We promptly jumped into his new find, a GT Dart ragtop and ran into town for some more coffee and lunch at Wild Cherries (we always end up there at least once when we are in town).

Then it was back to Tal’s house so that he and Lisa could get on the same page of his business as she will be helping him out as it grows.  While they were digging deep into the business, I was looking up airport information for flying into Black Rock Airport (otherwise known as the Burning Man Airstrip) for our late afternoon outing.

Tal fired up the Skyhawk and flew us about 1 hour North (as the Skyhawk flies) of Truckee above Burning Man.  The event has not yet started, but there were signs of big things to come for the week ahead.  We touched down on the desert floor and learned a bit about soft landing and takeoffs.  Of course, the highlight might have been the last few minutes in the sky as we landed in Truckee.  I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

Oh yeah…and one more thing…I guess we need to add flight instructions to the list of things to do in life!