Lobster Run - Trip Home
After sightseeing, I climbed up to 4,500 feet to take advantage of bigger tailwinds.  After awhile, the Manchester Airport Class C airspace looked ahead, right in my path.  Usually I divert around airspace like this but I looked at the chart and saw it only went up to 4,300 feet.  I wanted to get home and didn't feel like diverting five miles to the side so I climbed a little to be safe and flew over the top of the Class C airspace.  I watched a couple of jet airliners depart and arrive while I transited.  Compared to a Citabria, those jets climb like a rocket! 

I had been to this airport in the summer for business on a day trip.  Thunderstorms shut down the entire east coast for awhile, and we ended up sitting in the terminal for eight hours. 

A broken layer of clouds was not to far above me so I climbed intending to do some cloud surfing.  But almost immediately the clouds started coming together to form a solid layer, so I had to make a  180 degree turn and dive through a hole to get back under the layer. 
This is a giant pumpkin field and festival. 
The southwest corner of Connecticut probably had the best color of the entire trip.  Also the biggest mansions I have ever seen.  Unfortunately, my camera battery was just about out, so I couldn't take any pictures. 
Heading south down the Hudson River -- New York City dead ahead. 
I stopped in New Jersey for gas, then flew back to Essex Skypark.

That night, Lynnette boiled the lobster and here are the results. 

Here we are about to eat the $100 dollar lobsters! 
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