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Negrito Landing Video

I’ve written about the Negrito backcountry airstrip (0NM7) before and have also camped there. It is a great place.   The following video is of a recent landing there. Three of us flew our airplanes to the Me-Own backcountry strip for some mountain biking and two of us decided to zip over to Negrito to eat our… [Read More]

Me-Own Backcountry Flight/Ride

This past weekend I had the opportunity to combine flying and cycling – it was great fun! The plan was to land at the Me-Own backcountry airstrip (1NM0) and then ride our bikes to the nearby Black Canyon campground and creek. We simply wanted to do a bit of exploring. The obvious problem with this… [Read More]

El Malpais Ride

What an amazing site.  I’ve seen the lava flows from the air but up close and personal, they look very different. The National Park Service website describes the area as follows… “The primeval black basalt terrain of El Malpais was created by volcanic forces over the past million years. Molten lava spread out over the… [Read More]

Mt Taylor Camping

I had a couple days off work and wanted to get out of town. So, I headed for Mount Taylor which is just north of Grants, NM and within the Cibola National Forest.  My plan was to tent camp at one of the two campgrounds and spend several days riding double track in the area…. [Read More]

White Mesa Ride

White Mesa is a crazy-spectacular ride!!  WhooHoo!! White Mesa is a treasure!  It is a bike trail (or trails, if you prefer) on (mostly) BLM land that covers some spectacular scenery. It is northwest of Albuquerque, NM and getting there is about a 90 minute drive for me (and there are about 5 miles of dirt… [Read More]

Rio Salado River

Ready for some low level sight-seeing?!?! The following is a video of the Rio Salado river in New Mexico.  I know, it isn’t much of a river. However; you have to remember that this is the desert.  Most of the time, there is no visible water. We’ve had a lot of afternoon thunderstorms lately so… [Read More]

New Mexico Sights

The following is video of a recent flight. Most of it was taken southwest of Albuquerque and south of Grants, NM. Key points include Petoch Butte (2:15) and Enchanted Mesa (3:38). New Mexico offers some spectacular views and these are but a few of them.  Of course, in my opinion, our country (the United States)… [Read More]

Acoma Rock

As always, food is a great motivator! Earlier in the week, the mention of Saturday morning food was made and voila – a respectable group made the trek to Grants, NM for breakfast. There were seven people and five airplanes. A Cessna 170, Cessna 180, Mooney 231, Vans RV-4, and me in my RV-3B. I flew over… [Read More]

Utah Photos

I was looking thru my stash of photos of my recent trip to Idaho and the following stood out.  I wish I was a better photographer and had better equipment, please forgive me for that and just focus on how gorgeous this terrain is!  You can click on them for a larger version. The first… [Read More]

Negrito Camping

I did a little Negrito camping this past weekend. Negrito is a USFS back country airstrip located in the Gila Wilderness Area of southwest New Mexico.  What a wonderfully peaceful setting. I departed for the Gila immediately after work. For July in New Mexico, it was a relatively cool day.  However; that 92 degree OAT… [Read More]