It was a very, very, very, long trip from Charlotte to the west side of Louisiana, however, there was a pot of aluminum at the end of the rainbow! The seller was very gracious in meeting me around 9:30 PM when I finally arrived at his hanger and we got to work loading up the wing kit into the trailer. He had an amazing set up with a brand new hanger built, solar panels, rain water basin system, and battery powered CFL’s providing plenty of light. It was a great example of working “off the grid!” He also was very organized and had the kit ready to go. We were able to simply roll both racks into the trailer and strategically place the spare parts where they fit the best. I had plenty of blankets and hold down bars to secure everything.

After loading up and parting ways, I hit the road back towards home and found a rest stop to sleep in for a couple of hours. The funny part of the story is I set my alarm for 7 AM which would give me about 3 hours of sleep in the back of the wife’s pathfinder comfy in my sleeping bag. I actually woke up around 11:30 to an empty parking lot! Fully rested, I hit the road again and booked it home. The whole trip took about 26 hours driving. It was certainly worth the great deal I got on the kit, but not something I’ll do again.

I made it home and unloaded everything into the garage. I’ll be putting up some more ceiling storage racks for the small pieces and have the wing rack mobile on the floor.