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Below, or Kodak Gallery view pictures here:
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2003
started with weekly hiking up Squaw Peak and biking to/ from and hiking up
Camelback Mountain.
On
February 16, I joined 10 other people on a hike at Seven Springs, which is
northeast of Phoenix, past Cave Creek and Carefree Arizona.
On
March 9th, a hike up Flatiron in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix.
April 5,6,7 the hike down into Havasupai Canyon in the western part of the Grand
Canyon. I
The
next week, I dug up the back yard to replace the sewer line, but in the process
bumped the cement block wall and 40 feet of it tipped over. I hired someone to
replace the knocked down portion and raise the rest of the fence, which I had
wanted to do anyway.
Fly-trip for 2003:
On
Thursday July 3rd, I was off the ground at 7am, climbing from Glendale to the
first waypoint- the Zuni Point corridor across the Grand Canyon, then over Lake
Powell, Bryce Canyon and Zion Parks into Nephi Utah on the southwest base of
11928' Mount Nebo along Interstate 15. Taking off to the north, then over Lake
Utah and the Wasatch mountains east of Salt Lake City, and just west of the
Grand Tetons before landing behind a Citation into a 25 knot headwind at West
Yellowstone Montana at 11:20. One hour later, Richard Lindberg (who is also
based at Glendale), landed, coming down from Boseman Montana in his RV-6A.
We
entered Yellowstone Park in a rental car and saw the Lower Geyser Basin, Midway
Geyser Basin and Old Faithful. Day two was spent with a ranger led tour through
Norris Geyser Basin, hiking between and past Upper and Lower Yellowstone falls,
Tower falls, and ending at Mammoth Hot Springs in the north part of the park for
the night.
Day
three was a hike into the Pelican Creek area north of Yellowstone Lake, then
back to West Yellowstone for Buffalo Burgers.
Sunday July 6th started with a 30 minute flight over Yellowstone Park, then
northwest through scattered clouds in Montana, Idaho and eastern Washington,
landing at Ephrata. Climbing over Wenatchee and the Cascades gave a view of
beautiful mountain lakes that only a small plane could provide, then over the
water to the Olympic peninsula and Port Angeles Washington.
A
hike to the top of Hurricane Hill in Olympic Park was a nice way to finish the
day. The next day was spent hiking through the Hoh Rain Forest and to Sol Duc
Falls and Marymere Falls.
On
Wednesday, I flew south for about 30 miles into the Elwha Valley, which divides
Olympic park, then a right turn to the northeast back towards the airport, past
glacier covered Mount Olympus, and on to the Arlington Northwest Regional EAA
fly-in.
Friends from southern California and Colorado, were there, coming from the
Smiley Creek fly-in camping trip in Idaho, (see Paul Rosales trip report at:
http://www.eaa49.av.org/flyouts/Smiley_Creek_2003/ )
From
Phoenix, friends came in 2 planes, arriving after the daily air show. The
evening and next day were spent enjoying all the Fly-in sights and sounds and
the cool temperatures of the Pacific Northwest. At Arlington, you park on the
grass and set your tent up right next to your plane. They have shuttles running
to town and a movie each night near the RV (aircraft) parking.
Friday morning, a 7:30 am departure to Winnemucca, Nevada for fuel then on to
Glendale, pulling up to the hangar at 1:50.
Later in July I installed tile on the back patio.
August 2nd,hiking to Horton Spring, east of Payson Arizona.
On
August 16th I flew on Southwest Airlines to Houston to drive home a car I bought
on ebay,
Hiking in Sycamore Canyon, west of Sedona on August 24th
September 20th flyin at Flabob Airport in Riverside California
October 4th, the weather was right for a hike to the top of 12,633 foot
Humphreys north of Flagstaff Arizona.
October 18th flight to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the RV flyin. There were well
over 200 RV's there from all over the country.
October 25th, I flew to Springerville in the White Mountains in Eastern Arizona
to hike up the second tallest Arizona mountain, 11,403' Mount Baldy
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Flatiron is on the right - kind of looks like part of an upside down iron
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getting closer
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up the trail - notice the people ahead
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getting rocky
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almost there - people on the trail ahead and Apache Junction Below
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A view into Havasupai Canyon
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On the trail
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First falls - Navajo Falls
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Havasupai Falls
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Havasupai Falls
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20 feet from my tent
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Mooney Falls
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Beaver Falls
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Beaver Falls
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Up the wall by Mooney Falls
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Looking Down
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Old sewer line uncovered
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without the seam, the whole fence might have gone down
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The fence rebuilt
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Old Faithful
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Great Prismatic geyser
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Hot water
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Lower Yellowstone Falls
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Further Back
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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Mammoth Hot Springs
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The top of Hurricane Hill - Olympic National Park
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Hurricane Hill, looking towards the east
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Hoh Rain Forest
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Marymere Falls
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The hike to Sol Duc Falls
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Flying by Mount olympus
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Arlington Fly-in
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Past Mount Ranier
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The patio before
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The patio after
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Horton Spring
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new (for me) car
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Sycamore Canyon
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Sycamore Canyon
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along the creek
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Flabob Airport in Riverside, CA. The Ford Trimotor....
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....goes past
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The start of the trail up Humphreys. A coyote watches
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Into the woods
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an interesting bolder fall
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past the treeline
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Top of Humphreys - 12633 feet
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On the way up Baldy
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July Flight Route
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Arizona - hiking spots
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