Griffo, on the downside was having to drive to the FSU at KSA, find a park, go in to pick up a stack of copied pages of weather and Notams, find a desk to sit down and nut out the flight plan. Take it to the front desk and see if the dude would approve it - otherwise back to the desk and find some fuel somewhere in the calculations. Get the stamp, back in the car, back to GA and take the Navajo out for a gallop.
Coming back to KSA, the ATC kept me high and fast to fit in the slot, then said clear for ILS. Wonder of wonders, you just can't close the throttles on those engines and dump flap to slow down and start descending. The tower asked why I was still so high as I tried to get back to flap speed before descending, and didn't touch down until after 07/25 intersection. Mumble mumble...