a couple of us planned a longish (for us) flight to KVBW (bridgewater, va) and KBCB (blacksburg, va) yesterday. we've been in instr ground school so we picked those specifically because we thought that we could try a little VOR practice and a localizer landing at an airport that is probably not busy. the day looked good but there was some concern about visibility to the south. we went ahead and took off from KJYO (leesburg, va). we had the GPS setup but we were planning on using the VORs to fly the route and ident intersections (all setup and ready to go). unfortunately, shortly after takeoff it was apparent that the ceiling was just low enough to be a concern for 6,500 at KBCB and maybe even 4,500 feet en route to KVBW. by the time we got to HOAGE intersection we were just under (and beside every now and then) the clouds. it was clear that it might not be the best trip to make on that day so we headed back (bummer).
we are both looking forward to an instr rating because yesterday would have been excellent for lowish visibility but no real weather impacting the flight.
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