buzzlatka, those are great places. I feel lucky to have flown to them also.

Cheers...Rob

Nice pics buzzlatka, I'll be moving out to California soon and I can't wait to start exporing the area.

I got lucky and went on a 5 day TDY to Portland to drop PJ's from the Oregon Air National Guard this week. I say I was lucky because it was pretty much a paid vacation for me to visit family and fly planes with my dad during my free time since I'm from Vancouver which is right across the river from PDX. The weather was pretty typical of the Northwest and it rained most days, but I still managed to get in over 8 hours of flying in 2 planes and shot over 70 landings at 10 airports.

Mt. Hood on the flight in from Wyoming




HALO over Pendleton, OR






and now for the REAL flying




Brush Prairie, WA


Daybreak












Landing at Vernonia, OR










Back in the hangar

Great pics.

Today I was bored so I flew along the spine of the Alaska Range from home to Tok Junction. That didn't seem good enough so I topped off and flew 300nm across the Yukon River to Bettles, just short of the Brooks Range. After eating a sandwich and buying mogas at a price that would make Donald Trump's eyes water I flew south over the Ray Mountains and back over the Yukon to Nenana then home in time to have my ass handed to me by a very windy Windy Pass. Only good picture is one I snapped of the Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline crossing on the Yukon. The other pics simply do not do the country justice.



(Actually I'm working on my commercial certificate requirements.)

Met up with an old high school buddy for a quick trip out to Hoquiam (KHQM) for lunch. Water was a bit high for Copalis and wasn't quite sure I had the right location. GPS put it between two water channels. Foggy memory I thought I read it was closer to the rocks that were under water. I'll check shortfield.

Copalis is north of the channel that flows out to the ocean, the first time I flew out there I made the mistake of landing on the south side

Deer valley (pheonix), Jean, Tonapah, Winnemucca,Madras, Arlington WA, in my brothers 180.Saw lots of antelope at 100 agl trying to avoid the headwinds.The p-ponk worked great, that thing can suck some fuel. Glad we took the 29's off and put the 6's on.Good week at arizona bike week. Back to raineality now.

GroundLooper wrote:Met up with an old high school buddy...

Hey GL, how did you get thru highschool with buddies like Rob Zombie??

Flew over the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake the other day, then around Cascade Mountain trying out a new camera mount that attaches to the strut. Here is the video:

Great video Allen! Looks like you got the vibration problem nailed.

Here's some pictures from Central Oregon on Sunday:

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once&futr_alaskaflyer wrote:I flew south over the Ray Mountains and back over the Yukon to Nenana then home in time to have my ass handed to me by a very windy Windy Pass.

BTDT in Windy Pass a time or two!! Was talking with Roger C. after one of those days last fall and he mentioned that over between Mt. Fellows and Wood River was his favorite sneak route on days like that. Of course, that doesn't help you arrive at home. I'd hate to be descending for INR pattern altitude in those conditions.

Ever flown over the Ray Mountains in late summer? You can see the pink of the fireweed a good 20 miles away. Sounds like a real nice day of flying, even considering fueling in BTT and the rodeo homecoming.

-DP

robw56 wrote:Copalis is north of the channel that flows out to the ocean, the first time I flew out there I made the mistake of landing on the south side

There were two channels, that's what confused me. I'd heard to the North of the Channel but I didn't know which one. Wished I'd gotten a picture of it.

SixTwoLeemer wrote:Hey GL, how did you get thru highschool with buddies like Rob Zombie??

Come to think of it, he was quiet about what he's doing for a living lately...

Hey GL, what did his shirt say?

Here's some shots taken around Central Oregon yesterday:

Turning onto final; Madras, Oregon


Over a canyon on Lake Billy Chinook


Lake Bill Chinook


Cockpit view

Alex wrote:Here's some shots taken around Central Oregon yesterday:

Much nicer on the east side. Good shots.

denalipilot wrote:Ever flown over the Ray Mountains in late summer? You can see the pink of the fireweed a good 20 miles away. Sounds like a real nice day of flying, even considering fueling in BTT and the rodeo homecoming.

-DP

I'm embarassed to say that was my first time over that part of the state. Should have done it much earlier, some cool places back there. This summer I want to get to Manley Hot Springs and then do some more flying north along the Yukon.

GroundLooper wrote:There were two channels, that's what confused me. I'd heard to the North of the Channel but I didn't know which one. Wished I'd gotten a picture of it.

Next time just do a low pass and look for this brown sign off to the side of the beach then you will know you're there before you land.

I get a call a few days ago from a flying buddy "hey dale I need to run up to Southern Utah, want to meet somewhere for some hiking & camping?'
Well... geez i'll have to think about it...Nokai Dome would be close and is great for both see ya there!


Saturday morning.


How about this for a great view off the end of the runway!


Trek to the Temple Mound WOOoooaaa...........