Congratulations, Skip!  Great to have another ES flying.  As
some others have pointed out, you never seem to get finished
with the work.

My son and I are on a roundabout cross-country, helping him
build hours toward a commercial ticket.  N143ES has
accumulated about 40 hours in the past week, including a
Grand Canyon fly-over.  We're in Wichita tonight, where
Kelly Mfg. swapped out my electric DG for me after it's
third failure in about 40 hours.  

Coupla days ago we had a climb-out from North Las Vegas,
where ground temp was +44C and the dewpoint was -4C (no,
that's not a mistake -- it is a dry heat!).  On a long climb
for a high MEA route to the NE, we had oil temps getting
above 230 and CHT's climbing toward 400.  Even reducing
climb rate to minimum and cutting power back some, it was a
little tense.  Temps at altitude were pretty high, too.

We've been running the boost pump on low at anything over
10,000', and even lower when temps are above standard.  I'm
in the LOP camp, and we've found that the engine runs much
more smoothly at altitude with the boost on.

Crossing Nebraska today (BFF direct AAO), we had smooth air
at 11,500, ground speed of 206+KIAS (nice tailwind), and a
Randy Travis CD on the stereo.  Life is good.

Jim Cameron, N143ES