Welcome Kelli, Sorry to hear about your experience, and having to join our little club that no one want's to join.

Follow up timing sounds about right, every 8 weeks or so, the problem for you is getting there.

Where in Indiana are you? One possibility is Angle Flight, hitching rides in corporate aircraft. One of our past posters used them frequently. There's another similar orgainzation also, I'm trying to track down the ad.

Another thought, if there's an airport with private aircraft nearby, is to talk to someone there. May be able to find someone willing to fly you to Rochester for the price of splitting the cost of fuel/or aircraft rental. Younger flight instructors who are building time toward the airlines are always looking for a way to get hours in the logbook. Sounds expensive, but if you can save the cost of a hotel night it might work out. Just a thought.

Hope all goes well, best wishes

Bob