Last Solo Cross Country Complete

Today I got to fly my last cross country. The one that I had to abort the day before. I had been planning the route for weeks so it was just a matter of getting the wind values in to see how they would alter the course to fly. The weather today was less than perfect. There was a overcast ceiling that was higher than my flight planned altitude and a warning about icing and precipitation along the route. Once everything was complete I started off and headed for Salisbury. The visibility along the route was not all that great but I was able to navigate with no problem. I also got flight following along the way as a backup. Once I got to Salisbury I requested the option for a "stop and go." I made my landing and then departed to the North toward Ridgely. I had never been there before and was looking forward to the challenge of a new airport to land on. Once I was about 12 miles out I started to monitor the airport frequency to get myself set up to land. Ridgely is pretty much in the middle of nowhere and the area around the airport was mostly open fields dotted with houses and agricultural equipment. Approach and landing went well and Ridgely airport is another one of those small airfields that make you feel like your a barnstormer. I taxied over to the fuel pumps and shut down. It was probably not the best place to stop but there wasn't a lot of activity on the field and I could see what I thought was the operations building nearby. I needed to stretch my legs, use the restroom, and call my instructor. My time from Tipton to Salisbury to Ridgely was 1.5 hours. It was time for the trip back to Tipton which would be shorter and almost directly West. After startup and runup I had to wait for a Diamond aircraft that was doing pattern work before departing the runway. Once airborne I turned to the West and could already see the Chesapeake Bay despite the scuzzy visibility. Somewhere near Kent Island it began to rain. I checked the outside air temperature and made sure it was not below freezing. If it had been I would have had the potential to have picked up ice. Ice and thunderstorms area the two worst weather conditions for pilots. The rain quickly ceased and I got over the bay and into the ADIZ for the trip back to Tipton. The remainder went well and after landing the time from Ridgely to Tipton was 0.7 hours. All that remained was the checkride.