[investigateworld]

Gottcha, When I did my first trip (alone) to Catalina Island, I was tempted to bring the family cat. You know, Just keep lifting up and dropping to make sure his feet hit the seat, not the inst. panel or ceiling.

[expatpat]

LOL! That would have put you in the Pacific, for sure -- with deep scratch wounds that would have stung in the salt water!

I can remember once taking my wife and younger daughter on a trip to NJ after I had my license, but before getting an instrument rating. At first I couldn't understand why I had trouble maintaining a course, until I realized that it was so hazy that the horizon wasn't really there. After that, I flew mostly by the instruments and kept a good course.