Any viddy of Catalina?

Thursday Jan 3, 2012 Troutdale to Bermuda Dunes. This is near the 3 sisters in central Oregon. Not a place I want to have an emergency. Video shot with the iPhone 5


Today cublite and I went to Catalina for lunch. On the way back we flew down the beach by Camp Pendleton. Did a T&G at Oceanside, T&G at Lake Wohlford, and back to Bermuda Dunes. It was a picture perfect day.




Tomorrow Hemet Ryan 9AM. After breakfast I'm getting gas at Big Bear
G'Day...Rob

gas has been pretty cheap at Hemet too but not as cheap as Big Bear... one has to wonder how that is considering they have to truck the stuff all the way up that mountain road to big bear and then it sells cheaper than anywhere in So Cal..

iceman wrote:<snip> they have to truck the stuff all the way up that mountain road to big bear and then it sells cheaper than anywhere in So Cal..

Gas in North Pole, Alaska (next to the refinery) sells for more than it does in So. California too.

Not to thread drift too much, but I have a buddy that just moved from FBKs to VA and had to sell his two gasser Super Duties because the price of gasoline there is outrageous.

Headed to Hemet Ryan for 9AM breakfast. All are welcome.
No TFRs as of 7AM on my route. The route today.
Time to preflight the hot tub.


Cheers...Rob

Here is a iPhone quickie. Hangar 1 Hemet Ryan. With BigJohn, iceman, and friends. Better one later.
Cheers

Loved this tee shirt, had to have one!

can't see the I phone pix... how much was gas up there... good to see you again..

iceman wrote:can't see the I phone pix... how much was gas up there... good to see you again..

Good to see you Butch and all the guys. iPhone video is set to public. Don't know.

Gas at Big Bear is $4.95 Gosh there was this beautiful Cessna 195 up there. Red and polished aluminum. Your Maule sure is looking good. That is the cleanest M-4 I personally know!

Cheers...Rob

why thanks Rob... It has it's flaws but It's been a great little airplane.. does what I want, hauls all my camping gear and gets out of small places...interior and panel could stand an update but everything works and is functional..as with any airplane I wish I could have a little mor cruise speed but with big tires and only 210 HP it's ok...

you going to Idaho for the BCP fly in... I'm planning on it this year so I'll skip Utah so as not to overload the wallet.. Idaho always costs me over 1500 every year what with all the flying I do up there...don'tknow if I'll do my 10 days before or after the fly in probably stay after the fly in and hit back country strips and fish... who knows how many years we'll be able to do that so I cherrish my Idaho trips...

iceman wrote::D you going to Idaho for the BCP fly in... I'm planning on it this year so I'll skip Utah so as not to overload the wallet.. Idaho always costs me over 1500 every year what with all the flying I do up there...don'tknow if I'll do my 10 days before or after the fly in probably stay after the fly in and hit back country strips and fish... who knows how many years we'll be able to do that so I cherrish my Idaho trips...

I will most definitely will be there.

G'Day

for those of you following this thread check this out... we all arrive at Hemet at the same time in the pattern and after all are landed and parked and greetings done, Rob says" ok should we Eat outside here on the picnic tables"... It's 50 degrees which is cold for us so cal pussies and we all look at each other with raised eyebrows and say "are you F****ing nuts... it's F****ing freezing'' and with that we get a description of purely unbearable weather and temperatures that are the norm in Oregon.. but we DID eat inside...

Rob, You really have to become more like the rest of us, No eating outside until it is at or above 70

Great seeing you and Butch today, Will check the Weather for either Tue or Thur and try to set up a flight.

Big John wrote:Rob, You really have to become more like the rest of us, No eating outside until it is at or above 70

Great seeing you and Butch today, Will check the Weather for either Tue or Thur and try to set up a flight.

Sounds good buddy! good day it was. Now I know why Butch waits till July to go to Idaho, it's to cool.

Mex, breakfast at Rosamond looks good from my vantage point. How about you geek???

OregonMaule wrote:Mex, breakfast at Rosamond looks good from my vantage point. How about you geek???

Thanks for the wake up call, I'm motivating that way.

where are the pictures.. geez you get home, get a glass in your hand, and in the hot tub and you forget about the world...

iceman wrote:where are the pictures.. geez you get home, get a glass in your hand, and in the hot tub and you forget about the world...

Saturday Jan. 5

Getting ready to fly

Hemet Ryan Hangar 1 restaurant

At the inside table where it was warm. hahaha

Neat T6 DC3 Look their freezing. Who's from Oregon?

Big Bear City


Desert on the way back to Bermuda Dunes

Dropping into the Coachella Valley


Cheers

Man, what a great way of spending some time away from the shit weather. Thanks for posting the pics. Great way for some of us to live vicariously through your travels. The Sun looks great, almost forgot what it looks like. Hell at those temps Id have my speedo's on and nothin else There's got to be some off airport opportunities around the greater LA basin??? No?. I see on Google Earth lot's of dry river washes coming out of the mountains. Gotta be something landable around there someplace.