In July, 2016 I took my typical summer trip to Alaska in my Cessna 180 on straight floats. Susan, my partner for most of these trips, stayed home with her horses; this caused me to find a few new people to go on my latest adventure. Always interested in learning something new, I picked a professional photographer and a gourmet cook. About half of the time we were stuck in a cabin due to unflyable weather and very low ceilings. These extreme conditions and new people, with new ideas, changed or reinforced the concepts of flying that have been a constant for many years. Part of what makes my trips different is that after leaving Seattle I was in seven different cabins for a total of 30 straight days. Learning to live well in these conditions is an art form made up of a thousand little parts. A lot of this article is about the little things that make life better on extended trips to remote locations. Hopefully, some of these will be helpful to you in planning your trips to Alaska or other grand adventures in our amazing planes.
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