
I did a quick writeup with pics here:
http://hallert.net/misc/newplane/Some more details, on the way back, I was driving maneuvering around to stay out of rain as much as possible. Near Chehalis, the route ahead was looking really crummy, with ceilings below 1,000ft plus poor visibility. I had a big clear spot where I was, so I circled and climbed up to about 9,500 to get over the clouds. I puttered along up there for about 40 miles until I was past the worst of it, then dropped down at another big opening near Kelso and zipped over to Troutdale for a break.
The one hour trip from Troutdale to Shelton (his airport) took two hours to make going the other way because of all the crud in the way. Plenty of safe routes, was never doing anything daredevilly, and my VFR cloud clearances were all intact, it just took longer.
It was 1.5 hours from Troutdale (Portland, OR TTD) to my home airport (Creswell, OR 77S) because of a headwind, but the weather was nicer. I was able to avoid most of the rain (I know, I know, the plane won't melt). The Cessnas seem more likely to want to drop out of the sky when you chop the power, so my setup for first landing attempt was all wrong and I decided to go around and give it another shot halfway on final. Second time, it was a squeaker, so all was good.