First shot is right after takeoff between the rows of hay.
The solar arrays are spaced apart just right to act as tiedowns if I'm going to be there very long. Coincidence? Not really, I installed them with that in mind, partially anyway! 
Work done, I headed home, hugging one side of the big valley and poking my nose into the canyons that lead up to 10K+ peaks. Soon enough I started getting that urge, the urge to land. 
This crane has been sitting here unmoved for some time, years now, and I land by it every year and cogitate about the failed dreams that it represents. It must have seemed like easy money, picking up boulders for free and selling them, and then something went horribly wrong I'm guessing. A brutal landscape, but I like it.
Obviously,lots of rocks, but honest ones, not like those sneaky bastards that hide, these you can see. Hard to tell maybe from this pic, but this entire hillside was honeycombed with small caves and even had some small rock arches, I hiked over there and explored for an hour or so. 
Meanwhile the ubiquitous Subaru Outback with mountains bikes on the roof drove into the canyon and a young couple in bike gear got out and got ready to head up the canyon. When I started coming down the hillside prior to climbing the other side to get back to the airplane, suffice it to say they were surprised to see me, not having noticed the plane parked above! They weren't really all that friendly, but we went through the motions anyway, maybe they felt I was intruding on their wilderness experience, that they drove to..... I couldn't resist as I got about 100' away back towards the plane, I turned around and asked the lady if she was being kidnapped. This got a big laugh, no not really, I thought it was funny anyway. 
I took off and only made it another couple miles downrange and autolanding struck again. This time because I saw the biggest natural rock arch yet, and more caves.....the landing was tight with large rocks on either side of a narrow twisting one lane road, but worth it for this shot.
You could just about drive a semi through this arch, and the nearby cave could house the semi if you could drive it sideways. The Idaho landscape continues to amaze and surprise, I mean this wasn't exactly the first time I flew this area, I just never saw these particular areas I guess. Next, I want to land down in the canyon where the Yuppies parked their Soob , tie down, (got the spot picked out) and get the folding mt. bike out follow that trail up to the 10K+ peak or at least until I get a gut full of pedaling. I'm guessing there are more surprises up that way. 
Lastly, a quick stopover at the Blackfoot Airport Skunkworks, always something going on there.
