Thanks!
Thanks Mark, and everyone! I was inches away from selling my RV-9A for a very solid price, but my family had an intervention and I was convinced not to sell. My enthusiasm has been waning the last couple of years, although part of that has been not being able to go places during the pandemic. I've now decided I alleviate my flying malaise not by stopping flying, but by making a real effort to go more interesting places and get more meaningful use out of my aircraft (which has been in my life for 15 years, since I began building, and flying for 11 years).
There are lots of cool little places in Canada I haven't seen, and I've never flown into the US. Someone told me about a VFR scenic route that sound totally cool. Hence I'm working to re-acquaint myself with filing flight plans, flight following and all that stuff that I haven't been making use of for quite some time. I'm having lunch today with an old aviation buddy i haven't seen in a couple of years.
Time to rekindle the enthusiasm and stretch my wings!
If any fellow canucks or northern US folks have any ecommendations of must-fly destinations within reach of Ottawa, please reach out!