Wanted to share some pictures taken today at Columbia O22 http://www.airnav.com/airport/O22

Find 'em here http://www.backcountrypilot.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=148

The grass almost looks like August but I hear we have some precip in store towards the end of the week so it should green back up soon.

I think we need to go visit Mark.

Zane,

Open invitation to anybody that feels the need for a little grass (runway that is ) Just let me know and I'll meet ya' out there.

Mark

I am only 76NM from you. I'll have to drop in there sometime and see ya.

I was there a few weeks ago, and rwy 11 has the nicest grass I've seen on a strip outside of maybe Johnson Creek. Like landing on a pillow. It'd be great if the loaner bicycles would be repaired & put back into use. It's a bit of a walk into town, but a nice trail winding among the boulders. Gas was reasonable, too. Berk

For a truly interesting airport, and one of the very finest grass strips, try Frazier Lake Airpark, 1C9, Hollister, California.

It has only two strips: (1) a 2500' x 100' turf strip and (2) a 3000' x 60' water strip. Very nice people there also.

375HandH

Found this photo of Frazier Lake:



I kinda have to say that landing on a 60' wide irrigation ditch seems a bit hairball to me!

Actually, the water is more forgiving. Once you get a float in the water the crosswind or likelyhood of going sideways are nil. 60' is actually pretty wide, IMHO. It just sounds scary...

Mark

Somewhere down in centeral CA, near Lodi maybe (I can't remember), they have they really wide dikes for moving large amounts of irrigation water, almost like rivers in a man-made concrete riverbed. I always daydream about landing in one of those (if I had floats.)

When I was living in Columbia in '74 I had a friend down between Stockton and Tracy that used to fly a J-3 on 1320's off of the canals near Sharpe's. Wonder if he's still there................