The view out the windscreen from 38,000 feet wasn't really scary, but it was fatiguing. Nex-rad confirmed what we were seeing. After our fuel stop in Wichita, Kansas, we would have to pick our way around air-mass thunderstorms in the dark all the way home to California. It had been a hardworking business trip to Washington, D.C., with multiple meetings every day. After the day's late luncheon meeting, we loaded up our rental car and made the hour-long drive out to Manassas Regional Airport. It took us another 45 minutes to get the airplane loaded up, the rental car turned in, and say goodbye to the folks at the airport.
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