Cruising out over Eyjafjörður fjord, been working to keep to 2,500' this whole flight

Closer and more individual look at Mount Yōtei

Skarðsfjara Lighthouse

Headed for the coast looking back over a massive glacial plain with what must again be Hvannadalshnúkur on the horizon

Rounding the bend - glad I rushed to get here cause I will be flying into the setting sun for landing so don't want it getting any lower

Looking back out across the countryside, composed mainly of the Nakagawa, Kasai and Kato districts on Hokkaido

Continuing to follow the Teshio River as it runs past Otoineppu and into the Nakagawa District

Looking out across the Teshio District towards the Sea of Japan. I would also be able to easily see Mount Rishiri by now if not for the clouds

Getting lined up for final approach into the airport on Rishiri

Short final and you can better make out the yellow runway markings, which under light snowfall conditions can make things easier to contrast

Vast pools of turquoise waters dot the landscape if Andros Island

Back in the air and our next airport was over these mountains. Could have continued to follow the river but this was shorter

After a final softish landing of 1.48G, a quick taxi over to parking and shut down before the weather gets any worse. Not a bad day overall!

Banking hard as I pull a 360 to let my friend catch up after he has some troubles on departure

I can land slower than my friend so he ended up overtaking me on touchdown and had to roll off onto the grass to avoid me

Descending towards the final VFR way point, Greenwood Lake, which was easy enough to spot thanks to its long length

Passing the highest point in Bolivia - Nevado Sajama. Behind it are the dual peaks of Jisk'a Kunturiri and Kunturiri. All are volcanoes

Looking back at the mountains that spine the length of Leyte island

Looking around to try to get a sense of where I am when referencing the VFR charts. Still not entirely sure I'm taking the path I planned but fortunately it's not really a big deal - I can't miss where I'm going and there's nothing along the way here that I wanted to specifically look at

Passing over Atlantic Beach on the left and Morehead City on the right along the Bogue Sound

Coming over the reservoir myself on downwind leg, waiting for Andrew to tell me he's on short final so I can turn base

A final look back at the range of peaks that make up Denali

A fine day for it over Hida Airfield, the highest fixed-wing airport in the country

No problems on start-up, now taxiing out

Beginning to circle Mount Ontake and just in time to avoid clouds

The southern slope of Mount Ontaki

Ontake Lake with the Kiso Mountains beyond

The fuel gauge is not easy to keep an eye on and of course since running out of fuel that one time I've made a habit of checking it often and it's never been low enough for me to even notice

Hello!!

Blowing through my planned altitude of 5,500' because I couldn't keep ahead of the plane, I realize it's probably best to keep climbing anyway and try to get over the clouds. I decide to shoot for 7,500'

Coming up on the large crater of Aniakchak as I pass over the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge

Heading out from Entebbe into relatively clear skies. Catch me next time, rain!

Back on slope

Stronsay Airport on the north end of the island as I preflight

The Scottish mainland off to the south

That's all I came to see. AP on, course set direct to Churchill Falls

Andrew flying over and again reporting he doesn't see enough room to land. Bummer

Cruisin together

Visibility was good enough to stay low through the river valley for some fun flying

Passing the Cedar Point amusement park, home to some of the world's most famous roller coasters

Ready to go!

My cylinder head temps are getting dangerously hot thanks to the fast climb and I finally have to ease up on the throttle and RPMs

Adjusting my mixture settings to see how much flight time I can squeeze out of the aircraft - almost 5 hours but that still won't guarantee me making it if I have to swing wide of my planned course

Cruising FL295 into the sunrise

The Little Sandy Desert

What luck! A huge hole in the clouds opens up as I depart

Thankfully not departing this way, although the wind is almost right across the runway so I could if I wanted to, but the skies look better in the other direction, which is also the way I want to travel anyways

Managing to scrape past but not through any clouds as I climb away from Christmas Island on course, so I wasn't aiming to miss I just happened to miss

Like I said, plenty of range to get where I need to go at full cruise power

Feet dry over the land down under