So this week, we dish up some thought-provoking observations as George went looking for the “Wright” stuff in his quest for an ideal retirement location.

Beginning at the Beginning

It was still dark when we rolled for the airport on June 30th this year. Warm – temp was 75 – but the weather to the north was good as we began what would eventually turn into a 5,092 –mile adventure, with 48.2 hours of flying time and flying over millions of square miles of America. We touched down back home again on August 12th.

The trip began as a wild idea “Why not fly over the whole country from our own plane?”

I’d gotten to thinking about this in 2010. We’d done a lot of other neat adventures, including living on a sailboat and cruising offshore from Canada to Mexico. But after being land-bound for some period, we were ready for the Monty Python “Now for something completely different….”