I had been to this airport two months ago, and the guy at the FBO mentioned they would be tearing up the runway soon. So THAT'S why there are big X's on each end of 18-36. I guess that's why a real, live briefer is almost always better. It's open, but landing is on the taxiway, which is 2900 feet. I circle the field.
Someone is down there.
Into the FBO to check weather. The Tri-Pacer pilot has been there for a couple of hours, trying to go north to Oshkosh. He is VFR only, and the 200-mile wide band of clouds over Missouri had stopped him. Tops are 3000 to 4000. I'm not about to tackle minimum conditions with a brand-new instrument rating, but breaking out at 1000 and passing through a few clouds down to 500 is something I can do.