Today we flew to Auburn (KAUN) northeast of Sacramento for my first cross-country flight. We requested flight following on both legs of the trip and it was particularly invaluable in alerting us to traffic in the area. We used VORs to navigate on the way to Auburn and supplemented that by spotting visual landmarks on the ground that we found on the sectional chart. On the way back, Mt.Diablo was our sentinel. As we got closer, Brushy Peak was the next guide.

Our plan was to have lunch at the airport restaurant at Auburn. However, it was fairly crowded and we didn’t think we’ll have a chance to be done and return the plane to Livermore by 1pm for the next pilot who had booked the 172. So we headed back to Livermore and lunched at Beeb’s instead.