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Early Morning Flight over the Foggy River

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This was a really fantastic morning!  The views and scenery were amazing and the fog really added another dimension.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvkDH62Vef4

Flying Utah – Spectacular!!

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It has been a windy spring this year so when a weather window opened up last weekend I was off to the Utah backcountry!! The goal was to enjoy the amazing sights that is southeast Utah. The backcountry flying there is spectacular!! Here is the first video of this trip – more to come!! A… [Read More]

Idaho Backcountry Trip

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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

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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!

Peaceful Wilderness Morning

How’s this for peaceful!! Early morning on the edge of the Gila Wilderness Area with a campfire and quiet!!

Rainy Mesa Backcountry Airstrip Work Weekend

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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]

Post rain video camera testing flight

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Saturday morning was beautiful here in New Mexico. Rain showers had passed thru overnight. There was lots of moisture on the ground (for the desert) and even some still falling from the sky. A perfect opportunity to do some sight seeing! I needed to do some video camera testing so I strapped on the cameras… [Read More]

Working in Sweden

Happy New Year everyone! I know… not many updates these days.  Sorry about that. These are busy, busy days. A very significant project at work had me living in Sweden for a short period of time – six weeks – for all of November and the first half of December. That same project kept me… [Read More]

Back in a Kayak

Coming home from my last Johnson Creek Idaho backcountry camping trip, I flew over Lake Powell in Utah. Once again I felt the MASSIVE pull to be on the water in a boat. On that particular lake, a kayak looks to me to be the right answer! I’ve been feeling that tug for awhile so… [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]