Lizzy McFly

We participated in The 99’s Poker Run on Saturday. This is the third or fourth time we’ve done so and it’s always a blast. We took off from St. Catharines by 8:45 and arrived at the Burlington Airport around 9:15. I don’t think they were expecting people to start so early, especially with the high winds. Two 99 members were getting everything set up whilst ensuring we were registered and stamped our play sheets. At the first two airports, you drew two cards towards your hand. One last card is drawn at the final airport. After a pleasant chat, we re-boarded Vyctor and got ready to head to our second destination.

Here is a shot just after we took off from Burlington:

The winds were quite high and the clouds were around 3,500 feet. We headed north at 2,500 and arrived at Collingwood Airport after flying for fifty minutes. I ran into some folks I knew from the 99’s and provided them with a “first plane to arrive” dance. Quite the roll we were on as we headed to the final airport, Edenvale, ten minutes away. It was nice to be the first to arrive at all of the airports we checked into! There were a lot of late starts because of the high winds, which fortunately died down a bit in the afternoon.

I fuelled up despite having more than enough to get home. Like they say, you always want lots of fuel, except when you’re on fire.

It was so wonderful seeing some pilots I’ve met previously. Such a fun group of aviators. I would have loved to hang around until the finish at 2:30, but we decided to head back since my energy is always best in the morning and often starts declining starting early afternoon.

I unfortunately did not draw very good poker hands. My best one had two aces:

The vehicle traffic heading into Niagara was quite heavy, as we flew over the QEW towards the Burlington Skyway:

The flight home was just a little over an hour and we landed back in St. Catharines by 1:10. Once home, we were greeted by the girls, including Abby and Freya who were sunning in the kitchen:

The event organizer was kind enough to phone me and let me know that we won 8th place and had a choice of a few nice prizes left. I chose the $100 Aircraft Spruce gift card, as that’s where I purchase my oil. Yay!

I wish I could say that today was as good as the weekend, but I had to get Mya (my eldest Sphynx) to the vet this morning. She showed no signs of anything being wrong last night. But this morning, she ran to the litter box multiple times. She started doing small pees every ten minutes or so. I was able to collect enough for them to do a urine test. They also did an x-ray to check for any stones in her bladder. Fortunately, the scan was clear. She received an injection of antibiotics and was also sent home with some pain meds. Paws crossed we see some improvements soon!

Today’s symptoms: I’m feeling very drained now, mainly from the emotional toll of dealing with little Mya. I’ve been experiencing quite a few stabbing nerve pains lately – I guess my body is just trying to make sure I know it’s still there! Other than that, I’m just trying to stay positive and have hope that tomorrow is better.