It took me awhile but I have posted the video of the my Idaho backcountry flying/camping trip from earlier this summer. The trip is always great fun and challenging. It seems like there are always things happening to keep one on their toes an this year was no different. The first was landing with a… [Read More]
Avoiding Big Rocks in the Backcountry
It has been a busy, busy spring and summer – stressful too. I hope to update ya’ll on all that at some point. In the mean time, here’s a short video of one of the summers activities. I hope you enjoy!
Rainy Mesa Backcountry Airstrip Work Weekend
This past weekend was the annual New Mexico Pilots Association (NMPA) backcountry airstrip work weekend. The group performs maintenance on the backcountry airstrips each year and this was the weekend to do that work. I put together the following video of that activity. Be sure to set to 1080HD quality or it will look terrible…. [Read More]
Missy Energy Budget
As you know from previous posts, I just love the details!! Especially electrical details!! One thing that people occasionally point out is that I have never posted an energy budget for Missy. It’s true… sadly. What’s an energy budget? Read this. The one I did for my Newmar Dutch Star is here. The problem has… [Read More]
Idaho Aviation Camping
It has taken me a terribly long time but I’ve finally put a video together of my September 2019 camping trip to the Idaho backcountry in my RV-4. I documented that trip in this post but now there is video to go with it!! Now I just need to get to the July 2019 trip……. [Read More]
Another Johnson Creek Idaho Backcountry Camping Trip
Two Idaho backcountry camping trips in one summer!! Exciting stuff!! It was a spur of the moment deal (only a week’s notice) . Friends Mike & Jan were going. A friend that had never been there had a window of opportunity and was willing. So, the decision was made. We were headed north. The trip… [Read More]
Johnson Creek Flying/Camping Trip
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]
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]
Far East Trip… Colorado
The far east trip is going swimmingly! Missy and I made the drive from eastern Missouri to a friend’s place near Imperial, NE late last week. Missy ran just fine and I hung out for a couple of days visiting. Of course, I completely forgot to take photos… again. We then traveled to Falcon, CO… [Read More]
Far East Trip… Minneapolis
The trip is going just swell! I’m currently sitting at an RV park in a Minneapolis suburb and the weather has been very nice. There aren’t many RV parks in this area – at least that are convenient to the office in Eagan which is one of the suburbs on the south side of Minneapolis…. [Read More]
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