Tempted to go to Powers but the guy I need to see in Washington was busy. Flew around Mt Baker instead.

It was one of those REALLY nice days here in Western Washington. It was good to be out flying. I'm based out of Arlington so I decided to check out Easton State and Lake Wenatchee State and then to head North to Stehekin State.

Some pictures from visits in the past.


The strip looked like it was in really good condition.


I think these are wild strawberries that are found on the strip this time of year.


Then it was off to flyby Lake Wenatchee State. I flew by here last year and it was in the middle of about 20 TFRs due to all our fires.


I headed North and East out of there for Stehekin. It is one of the more challenging strips here in Washington. I intercepted Lake Chelan and followed it North to the strip.


The South end of the strip is usually in great condition. If the grass is not too long. The North end is usually pretty bare with quite a bit of gravel and can be soft. I try to walk it throwing loose rocks off if I can.


The required Stehekin selfie


Then on to home. Past Glacier Peak and some cool valleys:



Past the Oso slide area. More that 30 people were killed in a landslide here last year.

Beautiful pics and awesome! I wish I was flying instead of stuck in a hotel!

All of the Washington State owned grass strips are closed from October 1 - June 1 except for approved Public Safety/Law Enforcement Heli Ops. At least that's what it says in the notes section of AirNav and in the AFD. Great pictures, but I'll wait until they're officially open just to be sure.

A buddy of mine came down from Alaska and borrowed a Super Cub so we met up for a short little flight up the Columbia

Jeredp wrote:A buddy of mine came down from Alaska and borrowed a Super Cub so we met up for a short little flight up the Columbia

Looks like a beautiful day for it!

Shesh... you guys need to get out into the REAL backcountry...

Just putzing around south of Port Townsend around Quilcence and Dabob Bay

The first shot is Quilcene Valley below the Olympic Mountains


Here's what it looks like when you raise your gaze from the vally:


The interesting "town" of Bridgehaven just south of the Hood Canal Bridge. These folks must love boats as much as we love planes


And the schooner Adventuress out in Puget Sound

First time for the wife and kids to fly in the plane, we had a great little camping weekend at Columbia (O22):

corefile wrote:First time for the wife and kids to fly in the plane, we had a great little camping weekend at Columbia (O22):

Beautiful plane! Looks like the weather was perfect for camping. What kind of temps?

CamTom12 wrote:Beautiful plane!

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CamTom12 wrote:

corefile wrote:First time for the wife and kids to fly in the plane, we had a great little camping weekend at Columbia (O22):

Beautiful plane! Looks like the weather was perfect for camping. What kind of temps?

Thanks! Yep could not ask for better weather, was low 80's for day and 50's at night.

corefile wrote:First time for the wife and kids to fly in the plane, we had a great little camping weekend at Columbia (O22):

Beautiful pics.

O22 was (and remains my 'spiritual') home for many years until I moved to the Pacific Northwest. I see you enjoyed Two-Niner.

My home was about a half mile or less off to the right before the threshold of Runway 11.

amacbean wrote:got a pretty cool sunset photo of the planes.

Understatement of the week...

You can find it on the Utah Backcountry Pilots site http://www.utahbackcountrypilots.org/airport_search.asp be sure to unclick the box that says "useable airstrips only" to see all of the airstrips.