This is how we started our day. For those that aren't pilots, the instrument is a storm scope and the little x marks are showing lightning strikes. So our first leg of the day, turned out to be a little more exciting than planned. A hard turn to the west put us out of the path of the thunderstorm, but also put us in the wrong direction. So our first leg of the day was a lot longer than planned. And even though we had massive headwinds, at least we didn't get stuck in South Dakota .

Our last en route flight planning session in La Junta, CO. We are looking a little bit worse than when we started, and pretty sure we are getting tired of the shirts.

Finally finished in Arkansas!  Beat up, exhausted and thrilled to have finished the hardest cross country either one of us have ever done. More to follow when we recover....