Has anyone been to the Bacon Strip lately? There web site is down and I was thinking about heading out there this winter. Are they still there, can you still land there?

web site
http://www.baconstrip.net/Flying_In.html
is up at the moment.

Thanks "RJB",

Some how the URl got screwed up in my computer and nothing was coming up.

Rick,
Max drove thru there about a month ago and talked to the owner, all is the same. Just be careful if they got rain the dry lake bed may not be so dry last year I over flew and the east end was pretty wet. I was out east of 29 Palms (yesterday) on Cadiz Lake bed and it was raining but not really enough to be a problem. When you going? Remember according to Ranger Dick there are only 3 dry lake beds you can land on down here
Russ

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Glidergeek wrote:Rick,
Max drove thru there about a month ago and talked to the owner, all is the same. Just be careful if they got rain the dry lake bed may not be so dry last year I over flew and the east end was pretty wet. I was out east of 29 Palms (yesterday) on Cadiz Lake bed and it was raining but not really enough to be a problem. When you going? Remember according to Ranger Dick there are only 3 dry lake beds you can land on down here
Russ

Care to share which ones? I've been meaning to figure out the whole dry lakebed thing down here in socal. Any recommendations or things worth doing / seeing? Any camping or - better yet - fly in hunting to be done (chukar?)?

I got this picture from the Bacon Strip Ranch Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bacon-Strip/146875161995670
It appears this sign is for the Off-Roader types, not pilots.

Comment about the sign from the Bacon Strip Ranch.

..........These signs are more of an effort to keep the off-roader's vehicles from tearing up the ground where the airplanes taxi before the fence is finished. It's also a little CYA...I've heard that it's hard to legally go after the "bad" trespassers if you haven't posted these signs

skiermanmike wrote:

Glidergeek wrote:Rick,
Max drove thru there about a month ago and talked to the owner, all is the same. Just be careful if they got rain the dry lake bed may not be so dry last year I over flew and the east end was pretty wet. I was out east of 29 Palms (yesterday) on Cadiz Lake bed and it was raining but not really enough to be a problem. When you going? Remember according to Ranger Dick there are only 3 dry lake beds you can land on down here
Russ

Care to share which ones? I've been meaning to figure out the whole dry lakebed thing down here in socal. Any recommendations or things worth doing / seeing? Any camping or - better yet - fly in hunting to be done (chukar?)?

Ranger Dick was more interested in flexing his badge than doing his job and telling us where we could have fun, i mean recreation. There are plenty of DLB's to land on that are legal. there are some out in Lucerne Valley, Barstow area ect.

This was last May, Stopped by to look around. Nobody home but would like go back and camp there sometime soon.

m7flyer wrote:

This was last May, Stopped by to look around. Nobody home but would like go back and camp there sometime soon.

Maybe January, might be cold??

OregonMaule wrote:

m7flyer wrote:

This was last May, Stopped by to look around. Nobody home but would like go back and camp there sometime soon.

Maybe January, might be cold??

That's been blown down during the last wind storm. Picture was on their Facebook page

58Skylane wrote:

OregonMaule wrote:

m7flyer wrote:

This was last May, Stopped by to look around. Nobody home but would like go back and camp there sometime soon.

Maybe January, might be cold??

That's been blown down during the last wind storm. Picture was on their Facebook page

According to the Bacon Strip Airstrip Facebook page (where I got these pictures), this happened back in August. I'm not sure the currant status

Now thats what I call a wind storm. Look at the bright side, there is more fore wood now.

Good day

Hi everybody. Sorry for the late response but the Bacon Strip is still around and in the process of becoming better than ever before. Recent battles with Mother Nature, bankruptcy court, and doctors reports have dealt some serious blows to the ranch in recent months. But with the help of all of you who visit and make the ranch what it is, progress is happening in 2012.

The "Bar" roof is expected to be re-built before the annual fly-in in October. More permanent tie-down spots with fire pits are planned before the end of the year.

As always, feel free to fly-in anytime and enjoy the desert. No reservations required. Firewood is getting a little scarce so you might need to bring some in

I look forward to hearing your fly-in stories.

I'm planning on visiting BSR this Sunday. I see from weather history here http://www.wunderground.com/history/air ... .html?MR=1
that there has been little rain in the last month. This history from Barstow, Ca seems like it would be close enough.
Is it safe to say that the lake bed/ strip should be in good condition?
Has anyone been recently?

Thanks,
Phil

Hi Phil,

There has been some recent precipitation history at or near the Bacon Strip but I was out there last Saturday and it was dry and useable and I don't think there has been any rain since then. And there is no rain in the forecast leading up to Sunday so I'm sure you will have great conditions if you decide to fly-in.

Have fun!
John

Bacon8tor wrote: Firewood is getting a little scarce so you might need to bring some in

If somebody in the SoCal area wants to donate a pickup load of firewood and not too far out of the way for me, I'll haul it in to the BSR. I'm open this weekend or next Sunday (March 4).