The last flying day .... On Thursday we completed the final chapter of our journey. It was our longest trip so far taking 5 h flying time and bringing us from Merced via Bakersfield to Palmdale which is adjacent to Edwards AFB with a runway of 15000ft, making it one of the possible landing sites for the Space Shuttle. Furtheron we flew to Twentynine Palms before reaching our final destination Falcon Field in Phoenix. In Phoenix we decided to do some traffic patterns. Having flown our Cessna 172 in cruising altitudes I now had the chance to do even some take-offs and landings which I found very exciting. Flying the Cessna 172 on the flight simulator is good but cannot compared with real flying. Next time I make such a trip, I will definitely take some flying lessons beforehand because flying is great fun for me. So folks - I finally reached the end of my travel report and I hope that some of you will get the opportunity to take a similar journey. This really was the most exciting holiday I've ever experienced so far.