Gillette (KGCC). WY

Flight time 3.1 hours. Total for day is 5.8 hours 1254 km (677 nm).

In Gillette they lent me their Subaru Forrester courtesy car.
Noticed numerous mesas and the smaller buttes while flying to and from this airport. Antelope butte, in the photo, is about 15 km from the airport.
This is coal mining area. One photo here is a large surface coal mining operation.
Stayed the National 9 Inn.
Tomorrow should have wind all the way as I move south then east. Planned stops are (KHEQ) Holyoke CO , (KNRN) Norton KS, (KCEK) Crete NE and (KTVK) Centerville IA.Læs mere