Zzz wrote:

Fraser Farmer wrote:

Zzz wrote:Man, this is too good! I want to come hang with you.

Only if you narrate it live. Lol
Edited to ad: not wanting to insult your narrating, I enjoy your videos.

I think what you actually want is BigRenna spoofing my narration live.

Hahaha!
If you do make it out this way we can definitely hang out though, live narration or not. Do some flying too, weather permitting, which is always the major factor here.

Got this photo thing figured out again so here's a few more.

This one is Gun Lake on New Years Eve. Froze the water rudders coming out of here.

Here's a couple from mid February. Flew out the North end of Pitt Lake and up the Pitt River, came out at Garibaldi and was high up (for a float plane) so checked out a few things while I was up there.


Here's one from last Spring. Took the kids up to the North end of Alouette Lake for the afternoon.

Went fishing up North Tweedsmuir way again this week. This time I met friends up there, they went in the hard way, 14 hours drive plus 3-4 hours on the lake including a railcar portage with the boats. Beautiful weather in beautiful country with great fishing. Lots of 5-7 lb Rainbow trout with a Burbot caught on a set line as a bonus. Flew in up Butte Inlet, did a fuel stop at Nimpo and then cross country to my destination Lake. On the way out I changed it up and went past Hunlen Falls and down the Atnarko to the Klinaklin and into Knight Inlet.
Dock at camp

A nice Rainbow with a crooked spine

The boats in another smaller lake accessed through some rapids from the main lake we fished

The 180 at sunrise

Hunlen Falls

Mount Waddington

Here's a couple from this past week. Finally got a day with a little bit of time off farming so went flying in the mountains. Went into Pinecone and Widgeon Lakes, couple little lakes just North of my place. Took a hike up into the hills above Widgeon and Pinecone looks prominsing for some future hiking with a few rocky summits within reasonable distance. These pictures are of Widgeon.

If you’re up for a hike, behind that hill your plane is pointed at on Widgeon Lake is a crashed B-25 bomber -reputed to be carrying pillaged nazi gold. Us non-hikers just helicopter.

This is easily one of my favorite TR threads. Nice work, FF.

Karmutzen wrote:If you’re up for a hike, behind that hill your plane is pointed at on Widgeon Lake is a crashed B-25 bomber -reputed to be carrying pillaged nazi gold. Us non-hikers just helicopter.

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I've heard of the crash and read up on it a bit. One summer I thought I spotted it from the air and I do plan to walk up there at some point. I've heard about the gold theory but I think the main champion of that idea is some crackpot trying to sell directions to the crash. He apparently doesn't understand it's marked on Google Earth.

Zzz wrote:This is easily one of my favorite TR threads. Nice work, FF.

Thanks, I try. Stop by for a fly sometime.

Found this thread by chance - great TR's, beautiful photos, spectacular scenery!
I spent a couple of days in the Garibaldi area decades ago - your reports make me want to come back!

I went elk hunting this weekend, I got a draw for Roosevelt Elk on BCs South coast. I had been in the area before, at the head of one of our inlets, but I hadn't remembered it being so grown up. It's been at least a decade since there's been any logging here. The bush is thick now, there are no cut blocks to look out over and no view points over even semi clear area, the elk aren't calling this late and basically you'd have to catch one on what's left of the almost grown over roads. The sign I found was old, from the spring, the elk are higher up still. I found them as I flew out, way up at the top of the drainage, about 15 miles walk from the dock, no problem to walk in but a bit of a job for packing the elk out. I'll come back when the snow falls if my draw is still open.
The flying was rough on the way in, lots of mechanical turbulence but looking down, the water was smooth and I found once I got within 200 feet of the surface things were still. On the way out it was smooth flying. The camping was a bit chilly with the water bucket freezing over at night.
The area is float plane of boat access only. As I arrived a party was just leaving with a commercial fishing boat they had been hunting from. They had brought in a couple Argos with them, no luck for them either.
My 180 at sunrise on the inlet

Camp

The logging roads


The fellas in before me took an Argo over this bridge

The views


Bit of a glacier for you ski pilots

I've got the plane on wheels for the first time since I've had it. Really I'm just between floats, the EDOs have corroded and I have to either get them fixed or find other floats so for now I'm on wheels, never having flown wheels since my flight test. Did a few circuits with a friend and away we went. A few more trips to the airport for solo circuits and I was feeling comfortable to take the kids so we went over to Texada Island for a picnic lunch. While eating lunch on the beach we got a show from a pod of dolphins.
Lions Gate Bridge

Horseshoe Bay

Sechelt

Gillies Bay

Hiking to the beach

Kids on the beach

dolphins

Yesterday I landed my 180 at my farm for the first time ever and I guess it would also be my first off airport landing on wheels. After building it up in my mind it was just another landing. I landed walked up to the house for lunch then grabbed a kid and flew back to the airport. I'd like to keep the plane on the farm but there's a lot of rain in the forecast and I don't want the plane parked idle beside a muddy field. The grass is starting to grow too and I don't really want to keep a swath of good hay field mowed short either.

Great job on your home landing! I'm sure that was a very cool, special, experience. Thank you for sharing.

I am sorry I missed you on Texada. Cox's lagoon is my daily dog walk. Lucky to live here.

daedaluscan wrote:I am sorry I missed you on Texada. Cox's lagoon is my daily dog walk. Lucky to live here.

We did meet a couple walking a dog on the way down to the beach. It's not like people linger and talk these days though. The kids definitely want to head back in warmer weather.

I'm standing in the lane to my farm place one mile south of my hangar at the airport. Other than the bridge a quarter mile away, it is clear for almost a mile and over a mile behind me(just watch out for the occasional vehicle). I keep thinking I need to keep the 180 out at the farm and use this gravel road that the county maintains.

180Marty wrote:I'm standing in the lane to my farm place one mile south of my hangar at the airport. Other than the bridge a quarter mile away, it is clear for almost a mile and over a mile behind me(just watch out for the occasional vehicle). I keep thinking I need to keep the 180 out at the farm and use this gravel road that the county maintains.

Do it, it'll be awesome

So last week I did my first off airport wheel landing at my farm, this week I landed at an actual backcountry strip at the North end of Stave Lake. Brought my youngest daughter along and went for a quick hike up there. We were joined by a friend and his dad in a minty Cessna 170.

Great pictures. Be careful, you won't want to put your floats back on if you have to much fun on wheels.

A1Skinner wrote:Great pictures. Be careful, you won't want to put your floats back on if you have to much fun on wheels.

I know what you mean, I'm having a lot of fun on wheels right now, there's really a whole other set of places to explore. There would be no rush to get floats back on except that fishing season is coming right up.
What I really need is to find another plane to keep on wheels, there's year round use for either configuration here. I just have to break the news to my wife that we need another plane. Wish me luck boys.