And you think it perfectly acceptable to go bowling through some of the busiest airspace in the country with the minimal of equipment and experience?
Is the kit you actually have FM immune? How exactly are you navigating?
Bose are you saying what hobbit is doing is dangerous? Reading his post I think he has a very sensible attitude to building his experience...although personally I wouldn't use DR in IMC I'd just fly beacon to beacon but maybe I'm just lazy.