I'm with you Christine.

We were initially bummed that we were going to have to delay to Monday to go but with the rain with intermittent sucker holes in the Puget Sound area and the marginal weather at the destination we are not as bummed as before.

Last year cured us of launching into marginal weather.

Ya'll have fun and be safe out there.

TD

Tornado watch in effect? Must be those orange swirly circles on my foreflight radar picture

cumuli wrote:Tornado watch in effect? Must be those orange swirly circles on my foreflight radar picture

I saw those on Foreflight for the first time today. I definitely won't be flying there.

What time do folks most often go out for breakfast if one were to fly in in the am from a local airport? I don't want to wake everyone to early. Thanks. Hope for good wx tomorrow

I'm headed to MADRAS now. I'll be at Garden Valley tomorrow morning. Got my 9MM Glock and ammo.

Will keep the range open for you Rob.
This is at 8:08 PM Friday night

OregonMaule wrote:First BCP fly in I have missed since I started coming in 06. Sad but it is the right call. Y'all have a fun safe time.

Cheers

good call Rob... I"m all packed even though I don't leave till next thursday...Sorry all you folks are having shit weather... I wouldn't have left today either... gusting to 35 at Tonopah and Battle Mt all day... ;which is my route of flight...anyway looks like high pressure gonna build next week and be holy shit hot.....fly safe...see ya in a couiple weeks Rob.....

affirm all the "dont fly in shit wx" talk....as of yet, they havent made an airplane or a flyin' worth dying over yet...! and , flying in the mountains of idaho in bad wx and or lots of wind has a unique way of just plain making u super miserable, if not worse...be damn careful....!

Safe on the ground at my place in Madras Oregon. Been to Safeway and got stuff for the potluck if we have one. The wind was ripping through the Columbia River Gorge I was getting 167mph over the ground. Had the copilot Jack riding in the right seat. Jack only gets to come out and play once we get to the house.


See y'all in the morning.

The Pacific NW is a challenge sometimes, usually only when I want to fly. I just failed tonight to make it to the east side of the Cascades on an early night flight. Hit a wall of rapidly decreasing vis and mist right over Olympia. A few miles south it was reasonably clear and smooth sailing to the other side of the Gorge.

Landing back at Boeing Field tonight was good gusting crosswind practice. Glad I didn't have a human passenger.

Still looking forward to meeting some of you. Earliest likely arrival at GV is Sunday morning if the Puget Sound weather allows. I have all week to explore Idaho when I get there. Hope there is a few of you still around.

We are up early this morning - 3 am and going to be lifting off to the northwest around 5 am, leaving this 100 degree heat in New Mexico behind! Good weather from our place in Los Lunas is forecast for all the way. Our destination will be Johnson Creek as we probably won't get into GV until after the festivities get started. Have all week to play in Idaho and over at West Yellowstone! Sorry to miss it this year - maybe next year!

Jan & Mike & Rebel Heavy

looking at the web cams this morning it looks like the fly in is at Smiley creek havent seen that many at Smiley in a long time

Sitting in nampa right now and wish I was in garden valley. I'm hoping the clouds loitering will clear enough to get in.

I made it in under the clouds. It's nice out right now at the field. These model to just showed up too.

iceman wrote:looking at the web cams this morning it looks like the fly in is at Smiley creek havent seen that many at Smiley in a long time

The round engine roundup is this weekend in Idaho Falls and they flew out to Smiley Creek for breakfast. Also the Montana Antique Aircraft Assoc had their annual air tour this weekend and went to Smiley today.

I don't always fly with gloves.......but when I do, I use golf gloves........

OregonMaule wrote:

Just got a note from the IAF that they are going to try to have the breakfast tomorrow, Sunday AM. Could not get in to set up today.

Ya'll fly safe.

Big creek is closed due to accident. Do not fly to big creek. Guy is alive as much as I heard.

Damn!!

Hope everyone is OK.

More info when available, please.

I just unloaded at JC and was getting ready to leave to go to big creek and someone stopped me and said that they closed the strip. I was waiting on choss and little john to come back and they saw it. A red and white 182. Said it looked like a base to final turn/stall-spin. They choppered the guy out. Possible broken hip but he will survive.

This is all second hand info of course.