Really njoyed flying in Nevada…
… so decided to give Reno a go, as the last stop on the edge of the deserts
It was good decision as I came across this nice field
And I am finishing this Air Mail Trek in Half Moon Bay.
Didn’t use period specific plane, didn’t use period specific navigation, but njoyed it no less! 
I finally started moving again! KOFF (Offutt AFB, Omaha Nebraska) to KLBF (North Platte, Nebraska)…
I made this one an evening flight using Active Sky weather, and the newly released XPRealistic V2 which really brings the airplane alive if you are flying on a 2D screen.
On the ramp at Offutt AFB…
Heading West!
A good visual reference point just West of Omaha…so far so good.
The terrain is FLAT in this area. Visual references are mainly roads, railroads, towns and powerlines, with an occasional river.
Airport in sight… it was a bumpy ride, and I knew I would have my hands full with this landing.
And I was right… I had jumped into VR for the landing, which made things a little easier.
With the flight over I took a look at the METAR. No wonder it was a work out!
The next leg takes us to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and finally to some more interesting terrain!
Oh, and the XPRealistic V2 plugin is pretty cool. Well worth looking at. Evidently there is a 7 day free demo (which I didn’t realize before buying it).
This morning I pushed on to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Onward and upward!
Not too far West of North Platte is the town of Sutherland, and the Sutherland Resevoir. I used this as a time hack to work out my ground speed…
Some time later, Pine Bluffs slips behind us…
Before long, Cheyenne airport comes into sight…and some hills on the horizon!
Base to final.
It looks like that taxiway also serves as a ski jump. I love it when you notice those kind of geometry errors on short final and they happen to be in the middle of the runway.
I decided to stick with the Potez, and evidently it did buff out, just as @Sine_Nomine predicted 
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The next leg takes us to Rawlins, Wyoming. A relatively short hop this time. We can see from the map that this was a pretty good place to start crossing the Rockies. There are some good visual reference points too, such as the city of Laramie, the Medicine Bow mountain and Elk Mountain.
Here we go again!
Farewell Cheyenne!
Looking South towards Denver…
Approaching Laramie.
Over the city, with the airport just to the West. So far so good!
After Laramie, we can see Medicine Bow mountain up ahead to the left, and Elk Mountain off in the distance to the right. Our flight path takes us right over Elk Mountain.
Medicine Bow Mountain off to our left, right where it should be…
Coming up on Elk Mountain…
12000ft has us comfortably clearing the summit.
Rawlins in sight!
It was another windy and gusty day, but fortunately it was right down the runway…
Still a little squirrelly, but I got it safely on the ground.
Once again, the winds were too strong to taxi over to the ramp. I wish Laminar would take a look at tail dragger ground handling. It should be tricky when there is wind, but not impossible if you are making the right control inputs.
Next stop is Rock Springs Colorado.
I’m getting some momentum going here… yesterday I flew on to Rock Springs, and then to Salt Lake City.
Takeoff from Rawlins…
Rock Springs to Salt Lake City… This was a more interesting leg.
Looking South along the Black Forks River.
And to the North.
The next visual reference point is the Piedmont Reservoir.
Porcupine Mountain
Over the final ridge, the Great Salt Lake comes into view.
And right on the nose, Salt Lake City International KSLC.
Safely parked and shut down.
Just three legs left!
Familiar places, nice to see it again 
Salt Lake City to Elko…
Today the wind had dropped considerably and the skies were clear…
Climbing away and turning out to the West…
Heading West over the Southern edge of the Great Salt Lake…
Elko Mountain…
Elko to Reno
Pressing on, I decided to make this an early morning departure. The lighting with XP11 combined with Ultra Weather 2.6 is sublime during sunrise and sunset.
This leg was not too difficult, with light winds and great visibility, along with plenty of visual references to keep me on track…
Reno comes into sight!
Just one leg to go now! I think I will save that for tomorrow though.
You are the King of Mudspike adventures! I’m a faster starter and not so good finisher… 
Oh, I don’t know about that… I just like to finish once I get started. I’d have got this knocked out some time ago if it wasn’t for Eric getting me hooked on Condor 2. 
I’d give the title of King of Mudspike adventures to you CP. You always manage to make each leg interesting, informative and often with a novel twist.
He’s the Shakespeare of Mudspike Adventures…
Too late to write up a proper AAR right now, so I will just leave this here and finish up the report tomorrow.
So those letters on the compass actually mean something? Who’d-a-thunk-it?
So… last leg… Reno to San Francisco (Marina Field).
Ignore the last short leg to SFO. I had to put in a destination field that was in the database. Marina Field is up near the Golden Gate Bridge.
For the last time on this trek, I am at the end of the runway, ready to push the throttle forward…
A quick flyby was in order…
Peaking over the mountain ridge, we can see Lake Tahoe (I somehow forgot to take any decent screenshots of the lake)
Lake Tahoe behind me…
Mist forming in the valleys and up ahead, Folsom Lake, near Sacramento.
Continuing South West, we cross the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Canal
Is that a big bridge on the horizon? I think it is!
The sun is getting low in the sky… we should be able to get on the ground just before the light fails…
Downtown San Francisco, Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge (which wasn’t there in the 1920’s). We can also see Treasure Island, which is where Pan Am based their famous flying-boat Clippers in the 1930’s.
Turning onto a downwind, scoping out Marina Field…
Dragging it in, low and slow…
Stopped…
And shut down!
What a great trip. I lost momentum when I reached Nebraska, but I am glad that I came back and finished the trek… Now I should probably spend some time with AH2, DCS and Condor 2!
I think I missed your last post here. Looking forward to XMas track.