Bucket List Trip: Day 3 - Customs and Short Mechanical

If we hadn’t arrived so late into Prince George yesterday we would have gotten to bed earlier, allowing an earlier departure today. Unfortunately even our 8:30 AM wakeup was hurtful after a couple of long days.

We were wheels up out of Prince George at 11:00 AM. We had an uneventful trip to Bellingham with a fuel stop in Williams Lake. Although, we were bucking headwinds the entire way and it was very hot for us Alaskans.

We cleared customs in Bellingham and tried to get out as quickly as possible to make our way to Arlington with some time to spare for a relaxing evening. It was not to be. During the mag check at run-up we had about a 175 RPM drop and rough running engine (normal drop is 75-100 RPM). We taxied to a local maintenance facility and pulled the lower plugs to check for fowling. Two of the lower plugs had lead deposits. A quick run though the sand blaster fixed our plugs and we were back on our way.

We arrived at Arlington at 7:30 PM but didn’t make it to bed until late. Another long day.

1.6 hrs Prince George – Williams Lake

3.0 hrs Williams Lake – Bellingham

1.1 hrs Bellingham – Arlington