As others have done, I'm starting a new thread to document all of my flying and keep it in one spot.

I'm starting with a trip from last weekend. We flew up to Gravelly Valley to camp for the night. I took Travis, my brother in law, with me in the 170. Justin (dudestickle) took my other brother in law Mark in his 182. It was a chili night with temps dipping down to 20F or so. A good campfire kept us warm enough to drink Lagunitas IPA until midnight though.

Justin's 182 on the flight north from Rio Vista.


The Gravelly Valley airstrip sits on the edge of Lake Pilsbury in Northern CA. The water is low now after 4 years of drought.


Watching a herd of elk cross the runway shortly after landing.


Keeping warm around the camp fire.


It got pretty cold...




Charley and Sierra thawing out in the morning sun.



Justin shooting his M1 Garand.




Looking down runway 19.


On the flight to Petaluma for lunch before heading home.

Awesome.

I'm jealous of the remote western airstrips that allow awesomeness like camping and shooting. You guys got it good out there.

Looks like a great time! Let's do some flying soon.
Tom

and congratulations on your baby, Rob. Enjoy it. They grow up fast. My boys just turned fifteen on Thursday.

Thanks Tom, just let me know if you want to do some flying one of these weekends and we'll make it happen!

Nice!!!!

I almost flew over there... wish I would have, would love to check out that 170.

I just discovered the cool diner at Petaluma Friday, while picking up a passenger. Nice little, busy, airport. The vineyards ofNapa and Sonoma valleys are pretty right now with the leaves in fall color.
Nice TR Rob. Hope to bump into you soon.
Pierre

This morning I went flying with Avidflyer and Paco out on our "west circuit".

Good group! Cool pics.

Looks like s good time. [emoji1]

Dan

I was up for a while, but had to fly over and work on snowmobiles. I thought I saw Avid-flyer over Colusa late yesterday. Sunset flight was spectacular when the sun poked through under the cloud base. No pictures though, I was too busy trying not to hit geese.

some really nice pics of the 170B, rob.
next time swing them into the sun and let the frost melt off your windshield !!!!!

robw56 wrote:

There's just nothing quite as pretty as a taildragger Cessna in the air!

Found a new spot on the West Circuit today.

That sure looks like a nice spot!

That sure is a good looking airplane!

Look forward to checking it out with you sometime - Was it pretty sloppy out there?

Flynengr

flynengr wrote:Look forward to checking it out with you sometime - Was it pretty sloppy out there?

Flynengr

It was a little wet but the ground was still pretty firm. It was crazy to see how much water was going down some of those creeks though.