I've got one of him doing a pole dance in Austin if you want it....Flag pole that is....

iceman wrote:I've got one of him doing a pole dance in Austin if you want it....Flag pole that is....

No fair, party foul. I claim the adult beverage made me do my impression of a monkey.

I created a Facebook community page for the Chicken Strip. Now your job is to go to Facebook and search for chicken strip and join the community. You are are on Facebook aren't you. Or try this link.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicken-Strip/165327670225574?sk=wall

I sent Brent a thank you E-mail and pictures.We need a Pilot Log. I left a little notebook that I had with me on Sunday. The lid on the small can that said pilot log is now missing. The book is in the big can with the corks.

Lets have some visitors...

What a weekend, and the ROAD FROM HELL.


The trip in was long and painful only 40-miles on a dirt road, shouldn’t be that bad, right. But it wasn’t all dirt, the first 20 was, but the last 20 in was really a ROCK road. The county grader stopped for the weekend at the 20-mile mark and it went from a 15-mph road to a 5-mph road. What fun. So our arrival time of 5:30-6:00PM went to 8:30PM. It would have been later than that if it were not for NVDave and his friend Jeff. They led the way in and our thinks for the help.

The morning light brought a smile because Lazard Lee and some of his friends had already removed all the rocks from the strip except the two “X”. The With Desert Rat’s lead the group got right to work removing “x” and filling in some low spots and I did the dragging with my JEEP. It was done in no time and before the second wave of volunteers arrived. We did leave the important measuring and photography work for them.

After that it was just wait for the Park Ranger, Steve Powell to arrive so he and John Kounis could bless the strip. Well the ranger never showed, as it turned out he got side tracked on the way in and didn’t make in until the next morning. So we ended up in the hot tubs with the dogs (all five) and what a great afternoon. Then we found out that dogs were not allowed in the tubs so we drained the tub, cleaned it and refilled it to keep every one happy. This was a smart political move as it turned out.

That afternoon John Kounis the RAF Representative declared the strip Serviceable and OPEN with the full support of all the pilots in attendance. At that point NVDave and Jeff took off for Bishop. Around four hours later (3 ½ driving ½ flying) we were politely buzzed by a 182 and it was NVDave and Jeff back for to test our handy work. Of course they made it EZ and it was off the HOT TUBs again.

The next morning Ranger Powell arrived about 8:15 and was very nice and seamed quite comfortable that there was now two airplanes tied down and the strip was back in service. Earlier that morning Desert Rat came in from Bishop to see how a tail dragger handled the new surface. All went well again, Boy are we good. I had a short talk with Lazard Lee and Ranger Powell and asked them directly if there were anymore issues or anything we had missed and they both seamed quite satisfied with everything. Lee even ignored the fact that we let the dogs in the hot tub, very polite of him.

The trip out was a little more painful then the one in. we got started around 9:00AM and two more flats and one broken wheel later we made it to Big Pine to buy two tires and put on spars for the trip home. It was then 4:00pm so we got some food, I’m still not sure if it was lunch or dinner. I finally make it home by 9:30PM and I’m sure Glidergeek was later than that.

BOY what a week end and WHAT FUNNNNNNN.

Rick

I also met a very nice German couple that are the upper camp ground hosts at the hot springs, George and Ruanda, I think that that’s her name or at least close. I asked if there was anything that we could bring in for them, after some coaxing, they expressed interest in fresh vegetables and fruit; they insisted that they wanted to pay for them and explained that it is a three day journey to go shopping. So, if we want to make friends and here is an opportunity to do so.

172heavy wrote:I also met a very nice German couple that are the upper camp ground hosts at the hot springs, George and Ruanda, I think that that’s her name or at least close. I asked if there was anything that we could bring in for them, after some coaxing, they expressed interest in fresh vegetables and fruit; they insisted that they wanted to pay for them and explained that it is a three day journey to go shopping. So, if we want to make friends and here is an opportunity to do so.

The "German Couple" would be Georg and Rhea. They are well known by many of us, as they've been visiting the valley for many, many years. They even adopted Chilli Bob's dog, Jude, after Chilli passed away.

Hi all,

This is my first post here. I've been lurking for a while here and thought I was registered until today when I wanted to post and congratulate you all on the great work at the strip. A couple friends and I were out in DVNP this past weekend and early week. While driving into the springs I had no sooner mentioned that there is an airstrip here somewhere when I spotted a taildragger parked. We drove up and checked it out. A very clean blue and silver C170 from norcal. There was a tent under the wing and it looked like they were enjoying their time at the springs since no one was around the strip at that time.

I love the eastern Sierras and deserts. Any chance I get I am out camping. So sorry not to have been lurking here when this work party was put together. I'll be on the lookout for future efforts such as this. I'm not a backcountry pilot, yet! I'm a low time(~250hrs SEL), and as of late, infrequent flying pilot. Again great work on the Chicken Strip!

If all goes well, I'll be out there tomorrow in a Yellow C-170B to camp for the weekend. Thanks to all who worked to get the strip back in shape!
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Rick

Hey Rick!
Cody dropped the dime that you are headed out tomorrow. You will have an epic weekend. So nice out there right now. I'd be begging to come if I weren't working. Enjoy!