Dry lease a 1975 Cessna 150 (N714LP), then fly it home. After your checkout you can base the airplane at Tri-Cities Airport or any field within 150 nm — and build every hour from your own ramp.
The Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland) are served by Tri-Cities Airport (KPSC) in Pasco. Here's the part most Tri-Cities pilots don't expect: you don't commute to Yelm for every flight. You come to Western Airpark 06WN once for a one-hour CFI checkout, then — as Pilot-in-Command — you fly the Cessna 150 home and base it there for the lease (it returns to 06WN at the end of the term). Base it at Tri-Cities Airport (about 148 nm from 06WN, well inside the 150 nm limit) and it's yours on your own ramp for the entire lease term. No club board, no $150-plus wet rate, no fighting for a weekend slot.
One checkout at 06WN, then reposition the airplane to your home field — and those repositioning hours count toward your total. Keep it within 150 nm of 06WN for the lease.
With the airplane based near Tri-Cities you're not driving anywhere to fly. Preflight at your home field, launch on your schedule, day or night — until your block hours are flown.
Pilots chasing instrument or commercial minimums need cheap, repeatable time. Lock a block rate as low as $65/hr — you buy fuel, we cover oil, insurance and maintenance.