Flight Log 2009-10-17

Well, I will reach 200 hours total time before the year is out, after today I am at 199.5 (143.4 PIC time) and I need to fly again in Dec to remain current to rent at KVTA.  I went for another $100 hamburger today.  Flew over to Urbana Grimes (I74) for scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and black raspberry pie.  The banana cream pie actually looked better, but I didn't see it until after I had the black raspberry.  Then, on the way back I did a touch-and-go at Madison County (KUYF) to add 2 new airports.  I was supposed to have landed at I74 on my first night cross-country with Bruce back in 2002, but the lights weren't working, so we circled the black hole and then flew back.  I was originally supposed to fly to Charleston, WV today to visit a fried I haven't seen in 24 years, but the weather looked pretty bad that direction, so we changed those plans a couple days ago.  At takeoff there were reports of ice between 6000 and 8000 feet, so I wouldn't have wanted to fly much (any) actual today.  Ceilings were about 4000 feet at KVTA, but scattered at 4000 feet at I74.  The overcast pretty much ended at KOSU.  Winds were out of the north (360°) at 6 knots, gusting 15, altimeter 30.17, temp 7°C.