We got early this morning and headed to the airport around 8:45am. I checked the forecast last night and knew there would be lots of rain showers in the area. Sure enough, it started to rain as we approached the airport. Thankfully, it was a light rain and the wind was calm, so I didn’t get soaked as I loaded the luggage and got the plane prepared for departure. One more check of the radar showed quite a bit of rain in the area, but most of it light. There was heavier stuff to the South, but we would cross that bridge when we came to it. As I was closing the door to the airplane, Cameron asked “Where’s Justin?” I thought it was great that he was looking out for his big brother. We explained that he wouldn’t be flying home with us today.

We took off in the rain and soon climbed into the clouds. We flew on in steady, light rain for about 30 minutes. There were two lines of heavier rain across our path to the South and I worked with ATC to deviate around them as best I could. Still, we got bumped around quite a bit for a few minutes as we shot the gap between the two lines. After another 15 – 20 minutes, the rain stopped and a little while later, we were out in the sunshine! The rest of the flight went smoothly and we touched down in Tampa around 1:00pm.