Hi Wayne, you really summed it up there. A few weeks ago my CFI (172 for training, Piper Archer personal airplane.) made a comment about my maybe being "stuck" flying a 150 for the rest of my life. My response, IT FLIES! And I sure wouldn't use the term stuck. It is one Sweet airplane, to me better than the 172 in nearly every way.
It really pi**es me off when people speak of "real" airplanes, meaning jets, big transport airplanes etc and "toys", meaning most general aviation aircraft. To me, and to you too obviously, flight in this type of airplane is "pure" flight, raw and real.
Joanne