Home again, home again, jiggity YIKES!!!

The 1530 mile ride home had a moment or two. The best was when a car passed me and pulled in front, I was in the passing lane, put on the left turn signal and hit the brakes. He planned on using the police turn around to reverse course. I was hard on the brakes as well and hoping there wasn't a truck behind me. He barely made the turn around and I barely missed him. No problems with construction or accidents until coming up on rte 95 in CT. A trailer had rolled over and blocked the north bound lanes closing the highway. We took rte 91 into Weathersfield and across to rte 2 down to Norwich and rte 395 to home. We only lost 10 minutes as the traffic was doing 80 on 91 and 75 on 2. The contest was very good as I entered 4 events and got a first and third. The awaited raffle went very well as I cleaned up. I managed to find a store that sells methanol for 3.74 a gallon. I brought two 5 gallon jugs and had them filled. I also bought a gallon of fuel to go with the three I had there and got two more at the raffle. I planned on bringing home the LSU plane but after loading the Cub Cadet mower and the goodies there wasn't room. I think if we drive ever again we will stay in Chatanooga instead of Gadsden as that will make 3 500 mile days instead of a 450 and a 650 and a 500. The kids at the school are coming along well on their planes. All 22 have been just about built with very few problems while I was gone. Covering will be the tough part. One of the teachers brought in an r/c plane his father had but never flew and I fixed the broken stab. I saw the wing there on Fri. and then I got a radio and engine ready to install. It will take some doing as the motor mount is metal with a clamp to hold the engine but the clamp is missing. It's an ARF from Tower hobbies and about 20 years old. I managed to win a Sig Acromaster kit at the raffle and Aaron won the last item which was a Brodak Bearcat kit. That should be a challenge to build as the fuselage is sheeted and the wing has dihedral. I'm getting ready to paper the fuse. of the new plane. I can't cover the wings until that is done. I can't ad the fillets as they will extend over the edge of the covering and hide the seam. I don't know what kind of paint scheme it will have either. That is the toughest part for me.