into the SFRA; on the edge of the FRZ

I flew the CherOHkee yesterday. Saturday. Finally, after I guess about a month. It's been pretty hot, and I havn't really had the budget to go out and convert fuel into noise as much as I would like. And I wasn't planning on flying really. Wife was going to DC in the car to visit her dad as usual. But with the weekend she was worried about bridge traffic. Bridge traffic has gotten worse year after year with every beach season. Not just Friday and Sunday and east or west, but both ways and all weekend. So wife was going on a Saturday day trip to DC. Son was also going to DC to visit a friend, but later in the day, and spending the night. He would take our other car, the "booberoo" ( see blog post entitled "Legacy") So wife says to me: "Why don't you fly son over to Freeway and he can take the car on to DC and we can fly home and I'll miss all the bridge traffic?" Now mind you, I used to be able to hear and comprehend pretty well. When I was in my....say...forties. And my ears perked up because I knew wife was talking about me having an excuse to fly. But all I could get out in response was a "say what?" So wife asked if the plane was ready and could it fly to" freeway" inside the DC no fly zone. I was saying that I was listening and tell me more, but I still didn't grasp the logistics. And flying little airplanes rarely improves logistics. She explained it two more times to me and I started smiling and calling her a genius, and son was now listening as she went through it a third time. I said: "OK, let me see if I got it. You take the Toyota to your dad's tomorrow like normal. But after that visit you simply drive to Freeway Airport. Son and I meet you there in the CherOHkee. Son takes the Toyota on to Northern Virginia for his get together. You and I get in the CherOHkee and come home, flying over the bridge traffic. And the booberoo stays home with the dogs. Right"? Wife says that I do indeed get it. Of course this means that I have to fly into the dreaded DC /Baltimore Class B/ ADIZ/SFRA/FRZ . But I'm actually kind of secretly excited about flying again and the challenge of filing those flight plans will be fun and the weather was forecast to be picture perfect. So Saturday went as planned. With a few additions. I took the airplane solo to CGE (cambridge) for fuel and had a nice bowl of chile. Then came home. Then son got ready for his date, and I filed my flight plans and then we headed out with full tanks. And also on the way home with wife, I suggested we stop in again at CGE for dinner since they were open till eight. She agreed and we had a beautiful sunset flight to CGE and a nice dinner and barely beat the dark back in here to Rosewind. Now the next GA event for me is the Fly-In HERE this coming Saturday. I'm hoping for good weather and have prayed to the Airmail Gods. So far, the weather is OK because tropical storm Colin has fizzled in Bermuda. See you this Saturday. GAI ... ::::+::::