Seeking Illinois

I'm less than 45 minutes from Joliet by air but I don't think I'm getting there today. It's still raining and the winds are picking up to a point where Joliet's single paved runway isn't the greatest choice. We'll probably use Lewis University instead, which is just a few miles up the road from Joliet. With long, paved, crossing runways, it's a much better choice with higher winds from the south.

I hope I can depart here by 9:30 am. That would let us head south to Missouri by 10:30. The winds in the Chicago area will be picking up later today, so I'd like to get going. If we're lucky, we'll be in Missouri by mid-afternoon. It's 383 nautical miles (440 statute miles) to Diana and Tom's farm from Chicago, but it's going to be slow going today because of the strong winds from the south. We'll be lucky if we make 85 knots (97 mph) over the ground.