Heeding Zane's advice, I'm starting my own thread showing the small trips and day flights we do that don't warrant their own dedicated thread. And what not a better way to start than to show the great day I had yesterday flying with friends to celebrate my birthday!

We met up early in the morning in the cold with Allen and Stan Macbean and Ryan Krisman (Rezdog), and had a great time exploring the area around the Great Salt Lake.

Allen and Stan's grand entry.


A proper birthday party.


Kit Carson left his "signature" here in 1843 during an expedition. Kit Carson's cross.



Cool rock formations.


The gang on top of the mountain.


Lunch at Delle, UT. BBQ brisket sandwiches and hamburgers.



Delle, Utah


A new place aptly named Coyote Run after scaring the hell out of a coyote and chasing him for a bit.[emoji1]


My partner in crime for the day and the obligatory selfie.


What a great day of flying with friends. Short of Dee and the kids being there, you can't get better than that! And I got to try out my birthday present from Dee...a Stratus antenna!

Nice. It's good to see you getting rezdog out for some fun. He needs to get some air under his tail once in a while!

Awesome Cory keep it up!!! I'm going to try and fly Saturday afternoon after Jr. Jazz if your interested…

I'm heading back out of town Saturday. I should have called you to see if you wanted to go. Sorry! I'll be home the 21st thru the end of the year.

Man, that's the right way to spend a birthday!

Great pictures!

Good idea on a new dedicated thread!

Lovely pictures. Great locatuion and photography. Thanks for sharing.

Great pics Allen. I always enjoy seeing what my untrained eye didn't see or not didn't know to look for. Right after you mentioned doing a 360 to get a shot, I noticed how cool the sun and cloud reflection was on the water. I just missed it. You can kind of see it.

Great pics, especially on the ridge!

A short fuel run today on which I introduced Tyler to positive and negative Gs...all of which he was doing himself. Pushing and pulling with all his might![emoji1]

Grassstrippilot wrote:A short fuel run today on which I introduced Tyler to positive and negative Gs...all of which he was doing himself. Pushing and pulling with all his might![emoji1]

That's great!!

That headset's hanging on for all its worth! Haha!

Great shots from the Great Salt Lake area! Love the "ridge". Lanny and I had some fun times there. Thanks for sharing.

Well, if one has to go back to work after 3 weeks off, I suppose this is a small consolation prize. The sunrise that greeted me back to work.

That's a nice one!

Happy Birthday Month! ... Unbelievably nice pictures!

Thanks!

Happy New Year everyone!

It was such a good start to 2015 so we did it again. We met up with Allen and Stan to visit a friend's private strip and to grab some lunch in Afton. -13 when we got there, -5 when we left. Last year was the last trip we did with Noreen, so while she was missed, I like to think she got a kick out of us doing it again and is glad some new memories were made.


Sleds and the crew loaded up and on our way.


Lots of snow!


Inflight entertainment


It didn't take long for the kids to get to sledding!


Our friend's strip.


One small boy, one big icicle!


Despite the cold still a smile on her face.


Allen sledding with Adam.


Both courtesy cars wouldn't start so, just like last year, a walk was in order to get food.


Food options were better this year. Instead of frozen burritos, we had corn chowder, homemade rolls, and hot chocolate.


It was cold enough Dee's hair got a little frosted on the walk back.


Bear Lake



3 out of 5 sacked out.


Back to the barn. Family, friends, and flying. What better way to start the year?

Looks like a excellent time!

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Where's Spot? Your boy didn't leave him at home, did he?