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I finally really went flying last weekend. That is, instead of going out to practice a skill or maintain a currency, I actually got in the airplane and flew someplace I flew up to Missouri on Saturday to visit relatives and back on Monday.
In my first stop, Bowling Green, Kentucky, I was on the ramp with some pretty good company:
(The red arrow points out the airplane that I was flying.)
Here's my route:
Red is the first leg. I went to Bowling Green to refuel and check the weather. Since storms were moving through, I got routed a bit to the south on the green route, and I ended up stopping at Poplar Bluff to get more fuel, as I was going into a pretty stiff headwind. The purple is the final let, where I go east to skirt around military operations areas.
The way back was lower key:
I was planning to fly to Paducah, Kentucky (the red circle), but the winds there were yucky so I flew on to Hopkinsville instead. The rest was a quick jaunt back to home base.
It was very very cool. I learned lots, and I became more confident in my ability to deal with stuff. Lots of contingency planning and route changes. Although this particular trip was not great in terms of travel time, it was a proof of concept that I can really do this reasonably.