Camp Orkila
Adele and I spent the weekend at Camp Orkila for a Y Princesses camp out. Since this is our last year in the program, I decided to make it special and fly up in a rented Cessna. Lots of other dads flew up in sea planes as you can see here:
Adele took some pictures on the flight “home”. The first is a look back at Eastsound on Orcas Island. The second picture is us landing at Skagit Regional on the way home.
The “Volt” annunciator illuminated on the way home. The ammeter and voltmeter confirmed that there was something wrong with the electrical system. I flipped the alternator main off and on a few times with no affect. At that point, I turned off the second radio and the ADF and found a place to land. Once on the ground, I consulted the owners manual, which suggested checking the alternator circuit breaker. It was not tripped. The battery may have lasted long enough to get to Boeing Field, but I decided I did not want the possibility of flying in there without a radio and transponder. Galvin (where I rented the plane) was nice enough to send someone up to fetch us, eventually.