Landed first time on the beach here. Spent many hours in this water boogie boarding with the family. Stick to the wet sand as the dry sand is too soft.
State airstrip.

Awesome strip, and great picture! Went there back in October for a bit and really enjoyed how unique that airport was! Surprised that anyone went in the water though, isn't it a little cold for that???

Wetsuits. Though I did take a group of ~10 year-old Indian Princesses (including my daughter) there in January one year. They were all in bathing suits swimming for about an hour. Water temps depend greatly on the currents. The girls were practically hypothermic when they finished swimming. Lots of hot chocolate followed.

Ah to be young.... they're braver than I am for sure... Glad they enjoyed the trip though! Not many better ways to make memories

G2Gorder wrote:Wetsuits. Though I did take a group of ~10 year-old Indian Princesses (including my daughter) there in January one year. They were all in bathing suits swimming for about an hour. Water temps depend greatly on the currents. The girls were practically hypothermic when they finished swimming. Lots of hot chocolate followed.

Go back in April to dig some razor clams!

I've been to Copalis a number of times, great place.
I'd never seen more than 1 or 2 planes other than the ones I flew out with.
Then I went out to dig razor clams for the first time --
24 airplanes parked on the sand.
But even with that, I had mom dad & little johnny walk right out onto my intended touchdown point when I was on short final,
then stop & point -- "look, here comes an airplane!"
Clueless.

I put together my first flying video of my recent landing at S16. It ain't Zane or Trent quality, but I hope to get better.

Again, after reading the instructions more closely!

Nice job!

Good video, esp the music!
I was ready to wisecrack about your "poor man's go-pro mount" in the back seat area,
but the video it produced was great.
At 0:50 or so, in an interior shot, I saw that it seemed to have a mind of it's own, moving around,
then I realized that it was gimballing itself level while filming.
How's that work?

Hotrod - It is an EVO gimball for a GoPro camera so it stays steady and level when the cabin is pitching and rolling. It definitely helps give the viewer the impression that they are in an airplane! I learned about it from Trent Palmer’s YouTube about how he does his airplane filming. The gimball is mounted on a tripod that is bungeed to the cargo tie downs in the floor. In some of the shots toward me, you can see the camera and tripod in the background. Also, a shoutout to N-Flight that makes GoPro exterior mounts and headset connections. https://www.nflightcam.com
Zane - Possible new sponsor?

That’s a really nice 185 you have!