Went down to Dallas Executive today to buzz over to Lufkin. The self-serve price for 100LL at the airport has risen to $4.25 (!). I purchased the minimum fuel to get to Lufkin, hoping that fuel would be cheaper there.
Well, I was sort-of-right, but it didn't make a lot of difference...when I arrived at Lufkin, the price for 100LL there was ....$4.19. The FBO manager told me that it had risen 30 cents a gallon with the most recent delivery. Who wants to own a piston-engined twin right now?
The flight was a little bumpy until I flew under higher cloud cover. I started out at 5500 but descended to 3500 because of poor visibility - that that altitude the visibility was no more than 2 miles. Like looking into a smoke-filled room. I ran with the wing leveller turned on, since with that level of visibility keeping the canard (the Long-EZ attitude indicator) level with the horizon suddenly becomes a more taxing task.
While I was getting fuel at Lufkin, a pilot taxiied past in a light sport category aircraft that was clearly running an automotive power plant. For a brief period of time, I suffered an attack of powerplant envy...
BTW, Runway 15/33 at Lufkin is currently closed for repairs and upgrades.

Next up is Rough River, after which time the plane will be undergoing a Fall retrofit for a number of defail changes that I have been meaning to work on for some time. More on those changes in future articles. (And no, I'm not changing powerplants ....yet).