"Wheels up"

Wheels in the air at 11:25 a.m. Eastern Standard Time from Orlando International airport.

Once back, if the schedule holds, there's only about 14 hours to publish the December 26 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. It will be a fast and ugly process, but with a great deal of luck it will work out on time. The newspapers should be enroute to subscribers in the mail on Monday afternoon.

*Update: we safely touched down in Minneapolis at 13:42 CST.