Flight to Keene, New Hampshire

Finally a warm, sunny day! Decided to head up to Keene with Kurt to get some photos and get some more 182 cross-country time. Unfortunately, there was a fair bit of haze which cut down on the picture quality. We were cleared to Keene via radar vectors, Manchester, direct at 6,000 feet. Boston Center sent us the whole way to MHT VOR and we made our turn to the west right over Manchester airport. Winds aloft were calm so we trued at about 131 knots as we passed over the Wapack range, south of Mount Monadnock and vere vectored to the ILS for Runway 2 at Keene. We intercepted the localizer almost over Orange airport and started down the ILS just south of KEEN VOR. Kurt shot a nice picture of the approach into Keene airport.

After taxiing back to the runway, I called up Bangor flight service for the clearance back to Badford via EEN GDM LOBBY direct. We departed to the north, climbing on runway heading until reaching 2,100 feet and then made a climbing left turn back over KEEN to proceed on course. ATC almost immediately gave us radar vectors back to Hanscom. When we finally arrived at KBED, we were actually cleared for a shirt final (first for me on a Saturday morning) and landed uneventfully on runway 29.
All in all, a nice flight.