Great pics! Keep them coming!

Took the Champ out to try out the new fuel tank and exhaust stacks. Lots of rain, the river had really come up...been a few years since it looked like this.

Sure is nice to see everything green again.

Water flowing into the weir now...haven't seen that for a few years.

Some land my Aunt's family owns up in the hills. We used to land there and go deer hunting but they built that cattle chute and kind of crowded the runway.
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Pokey Joe

Flew a buddy home who works out of town and has been doing the 4 hour drive each way once a week for years now. After making the flight in a little over an hour with some sight-seeing thrown in I think I made a believer out of him. This guy who operates excavators and every other type of heavy equipment is amazed at the unbelievable skill and coordination it must take to keep a plane in the air! I tried to explain that flying a plane is really no more difficult than what he does, although I allowed it may be less forgiving in certain circumstances.



Lake Shasta full of silt and debris from the recent storms.

Flying down the Valley I heard a guy I know on the radio who just got a very nice new toy. We both landed at a nearby airport and he let me check it out. Pretty cool plane, you could definitely haul some toys in it. Pretty impressive performer too...I think his landing was shorter than mine!


Headed out to the west side for a taildragger fix now.

Had a really enjoyable flight yesterday over on the west side.



Flew over a friends ranch. He waved at me and ran over and moved his tractor and grabbed his dog so I figured I was clear to land. Dropped in and sampled some venison sausage and almonds that he roasts.


Followed the river back down the valley.

I'm liking this thread.

Cheers...Rob

Made a dawn patrol flight across the Valley yesterday morning as the fog was burning off.

Met up with MCH at Ranchaero for an impromptu fly-in for red and yellow planes only.

LOL...tough neighborhood..

You can see here how MCH cut the engine and put in some flaps to match my speed going downriver. That 170 is very nice.

Looks like a good time. Good to see the Punkin 170 again.

Ended up flying until sunset after leaving Ranchaero. The almond orchards were in bloom, and it was just a really nice day to be in the air. Here are some of the sights:

Beautiful!

CamTom12 wrote:Beautiful!

X2!

CFOT purty pix, thanks. Love this time of year in the Northern Sacramento Valley. We are busy spraying the the almonds right now. After the Sacramento River went down it left Princeton International the smoothest I've seen it. Bring your lawn chair and some refreshments and we could meet up some afternoon. Mike

Thanks for the nice comments guys...Yeah, a lot of the bars finally got a make over. I will keep a lookout for you RoughAir.

I'm not much with a camera, but here are a couple shots of CFOT and his Champ.

Thanks MCH, that was a great day! I guess we did ok because Vicki completely filled the memory card on her camera and wanted to go up again after lunch and fly over Feather Falls. Great bucket list birthday for her, she is a trooper for sure.