DavidB. wrote:I wish I would have checked if camping was allowed at Johnson Creek if arriving by dirtbike. Apparently it was not. Oh well, it was only a 14 hour ride down.

D.

Hmm..... who said you can't camp there with you dirt bike? I've camped there last year twice when I drove in.

A few highlights of our trip:
Flying and backcountry camping with my young family....I am a blessed.
Hanging out with Oregon180 and his family all week
Thomas Creek hot springs
Two encounters with rattle snakes
Being attacked by a wild grouse, twice.
Landing 11 strips friday with MountainMatt, 8 of which I had not been into before this week.
Being at Mile Hi when Lori MacNichol was working a student through landing and then shaking her hand at 5831'.
Water and mud spraying over the wing landing Dewey Moore
Walking the flight line at JC and meeting great people with great stories.

Nice cutthroat at Thomas Creek


Short Final for Lower Loon


Mackay Bar....we will be back.


Napping under the wing........


.....so the rest of the day looks like this!


Fighting off the frost


Whish we could of stayed for the festivities Saturday, but Friday nights cold weather did the parents of the one year old in.......we were looking forward to meeting everyone at the potluck. Next year.

Great pics of a fantastic weekend for you all at the flyin. Great looking planes. Hope to make it some day. Thanks for sharing with us keep them coming..

Ken in Alaska

Beautiful pix, folks!!!! Thanks for posting. I'm hoping to make it next year in my 140.
At least I got some flying in (revenue!!) while yah'lls were away.

Highroad, the Pacer is looking positively awesome with your new BW and wingtips. Heidi and the kids look great too. Good to see you guys again.



...wee bit jealous of the trout catch.

Thanks Zane,
We had a great week, wish we could of stuck around longer to hang out on Saturday. Did you feel like a proud dad seeing all of those airplanes there for a BCP event?

Emmet and I made it home yesterday around 3pm. I logged 8.2 on the hobbs coming home. We had to fly at 11.5 between Denio Junction, NV and the Sierras due to some crazy air. I would get into a 6-700fpm sink at full throttle for about 2 minutes and then you would hit a 1500fpm climb. I've never flown in anything like that. It was almost on a perfectly timed cycle. At one point I was at idle and pushed the nose over till all I could see was the ground and was still climbing at 1500fpm. Above 10K it smoothed out considerably.

I don't even know what to say about the trip....so many great people and the flying was totally awesome as always. It was nice to have a few extra days this time so we could take our time. Last year I never went anyplace for breakfast. This year we hit Sulpher Creek, Dixie Town, and Flying B.

It's really hard to even pick which pictures to post but here are some of my better ones. Thanks everyone for such a great time. A special thanks to Zane and Matt. A very special thanks to Pops, Rob, Steve, Donna, Tom, Matt, and Bob. Watching you guys come together to help out a fellow aviator was nothing short of amazing.



Alvord Desert and the Steens



Camp Pops



Sulpher Creek Lodge



Someone departing Sulpher



Thomas Creek



Soldier Bar the first time



Pops cub attracts all types young and old



Lodge in Dixie town



Wilson Bar with Daves killer dog on the Runway. Don't mess with that thing!





Rob looking like he just did something bad





Flying B







Mile Hi from a little bit higher



This shot has been posted a lot but here's one more



4 of the 6 were that day were experimentals...Two Rans S-7's, a Highlander, and my Avid



Went for a hike on Friday to get some shots like Matt posted last year. I went to the rock outcroppings up on the West side of the strip. That hill is steep!!





The Kitfox crew at Cabin Creek



Our guest speaker Matt preparing for his first ever flight in a small plane



Matt giving his talk. A big special thanks to everyone who donated! Matt and I are almost the same age and grew up together. This was the first time I had heard him talk about a lot of that stuff and it was pretty tough to keep a dry eye. His story was very amazing and powerful.



Headed home at 11,700 at a screaming 74mph ground speed.

enjoyed the pictures and tales so far. thanks for posting. see you next year!

Nice pics Joey, we hit some of the same bad air as you did on the way home. It didn't smooth out until just east of Susanville. The rest of the flight home was nice and smooth at 12,500. We must have passed you guys somewhere along the way, we landed in Rio Vista around 2:45 or so.

Some more pics uploaded. Got lots of video to go through, including all the Johnson Creek Waltz's of planes returning after the winds pick up. Some greasers and some real waltz's! Will put together another compilation when I get a chance.

If anyone found an 8gb SD card (blue one), I seem to have misplaced one.

Love the pics! Great to see so many familiar faces and make new friends.

Links and some highlights:
Day 1
https://picasaweb.google.com/emmetw/2011BCPFlyInJohnsonCreekDay1?authkey=Gv1sRgCNGy_qHmoZX7Dg&feat=directlink
Day 2
https://picasaweb.google.com/emmetw/2011BCPFlyInJohnsonCreekDay2?authkey=Gv1sRgCPPr8NjanaGccA&feat=directlink
Day 3
https://picasaweb.google.com/emmetw/2011BCPFlyInDay3?authkey=Gv1sRgCPuj66Sg8oPAKQ&feat=directlink
Day 4
https://picasaweb.google.com/emmetw/2011BCPFlyInDay4?authkey=Gv1sRgCJeH_Nr3ycPGCA&feat=directlink
Day 5
https://picasaweb.google.com/emmetw/2011BCPFlyInDay5?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCLqsvbuK24Cg&feat=directlink

Mile Hi


Pops Dory ticklin' the keys at Flying B


Carbon Cub Exp - what a plane


Gettin' gewey at Dewey!


Beautiful Wilson Bar


Joey Greasin' it in at Mile Hi


Greg Poe and friends at Mile Hi


Low pass


Could be a Post card - Joe's Cub and Donna's gorgeous 180 "Ginger"


Who says LSA's don't haul a lot?


Beautiful Sulphur Creek

Joey and Emmet,
Nice photo's. It was great to meet you guys.

Brent

I didn't snap as many pics as I normally do as I was too busy peddling t-shirts, but I managed to grab a few shots.

The whole album: https://picasaweb.google.com/zane.jacobson/JohnsonCreek2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCKG9l6DY6YaLBQ

Snuck out of Portland around 7pm thursday, stayed the night in Hood River with friends:


Great flight over with scottnt:


North-central Oregon is beautiful right now.


A bumpy approach but smooth final into JC at 3pm:


Aktahoe1's beer, so profound.


Erin and Aktahoe1 play iPhone videographer while JLB laughs at them.


We lucked out with the killer wx:


High Country's High Country prop.


9am saturday morning was like the lineup for takeoff at a busy Class B hub:


Taildrgfun gave me a ride in his Highlander, it was sweet!


Blurred this fast-pan shot of Courierguy so I cooked it a little.


Scottnt's immaculate Super Cub. We flew together as a flight of 2 from Hood River, OR. Great friends now.


Jr.Cubbuilder (orange) showed up again, he's a BCP veteran from 2005.


Great crowd at the potluck on saturday night. It was awesome to have so many people attend. Avidflyer's cousin Matt Potraz gives his presentation.


Frost just starting to melt.


See you all next year.

I don't know why they wanted their picture with me
Sulfur Creek has the best waitresses hands down !!

OregonMaule wrote:I don't know why they wanted their picture with me
Sulfur Creek has the best waitresses hands down !!

God Bless the USA........Those are some of the most beautiful cowboy hat's.

They do exist!

OregonMaule wrote:I don't know why they wanted their picture with me
Sulfur Creek has the best waitresses hands down !!

Is there a road to Sulfur Creek??

58Skylane wrote:

OregonMaule wrote:I don't know why they wanted their picture with me
Sulfur Creek has the best waitresses hands down !!

Is there a road to Sulfur Creek??

It's the incentive you need to get your bird in the air again.... er... pun not intended.

Great pics all, keep them coming - very bummed I didn't get there.

GroundLooper wrote:

58Skylane wrote:

OregonMaule wrote:I don't know why they wanted their picture with me
Sulfur Creek has the best waitresses hands down !!

Is there a road to Sulfur Creek??

It's the incentive you need to get your bird in the air again.... er... pun not intended.

Hell, after seeing these girls and knowing they really do exist....... I ordered a new engine at 4:05pm today! I asked for overnight shipping and it will be on the plane by the weekend!! (OK, I can stop dreaming now )

I'm very confident that 58Skylane will be in the air by BCP JC Fly In next June!!

BTW.... pun intended is all good with me

OregonMaule wrote:I don't know why they wanted their picture with me
Sulfur Creek has the best waitresses hands down !!

Well it musta been cause they were intimidated by my good looks.