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For Pete

I normally try to keep my wood working tools pretty dull. Actually, all my cutting tools. Recently, a friend was teasing me about how dull my knife was so I sharpened it. This is the result!! This is for you Pete!! For those of you that recognize Pete’s name from comments here, he (and his… [Read More]

Johnson Creek Flying/Camping Trip

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Time for another backcountry flying/camping trip to Johnson Creek. Last years trip report is here. My flying buddy, Mike, and I departed at 0530 Sunday morning and headed north. The entire trip north is full of beauty and its hard to take it all in. We spent a few minutes exploring the Canyonlands/Moab, Utah area…. [Read More]

Amarillo on my mind…

I made a day trip to Amarillo, TX earlier this week.  On the way home, I took these photos of some storms over east-central New Mexico.  A very pretty flight home!

Negrito Airstrip Work Weekend

The New Mexico Pilots Association (NMPA) backcountry crowd recently had their spring work weekend. The goal this year was to repair fence and eliminate some roads at the Negrito airstrip.  I’ve built roads but never eliminated them so I was excited to learn something new. I must admit, the “work” part of this weekend is… [Read More]

Fly-Ski Trip and a Magneto

I’ve done a terrible job and posting lately… my apologies… What can I say… busy… busy, I guess. Remember these fly and ski trips?? Sadly… I haven’t done one in a while. Of course, I was away and without an airplane for a while but now that I’m back. Nothing but poor excuses… very busy… [Read More]

Water Filter

This is a bad post for one of my friends. You know who you are – please stop reading now. I installed water filters on my house water supply line.  I’m not a clean freak or germophobe but living for some years in my motorhome showed me how unclean water can be. The following is… [Read More]

Concrete and Plumbing

A few updates on the house project. The time had come to fill in one of the gaping holes in the master bathroom. The new toilet plumbing was in place and filled with stone. I didn’t pour concrete right up to the drain pipe – where it comes up thru the floor since I’m not… [Read More]

Fence Work Day at Bendit

A fence seems to be the topic of the month… Friends and I headed for Bendit early this past Saturday morning with the goal of a warm campfire, solitude, and a bit of fence work. Mission Accomplished! I arrived in the RV-4 first and got the fire going.  Friends in their Carbon Cub arrived a… [Read More]

Fencing Trip

No… sorry… not fencing like sword-fighting. Fencing like barbed wire fencing. The snow is gone from the continental divide and I flew into Bendit last weekend to check the road and area. It all looked clear and dry so this past weekend, I loaded a whole mess of fence posts, a couple big 3″ square… [Read More]

Door Openers

In the MASSIVELY HUGE category… The hangar doors are now working very smoothly and are a push button operation!! After man-handling them for a few months, this automated operation is really swell!! Previously, the doors would mostly open to about eye level but then had to be pushed the rest of the way up –… [Read More]