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2004

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2004 online picture notes.

Pictures Below, or Kodak Gallery view pictures here:

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dial up:

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2004 started off with a project to rid the flowerbed of snails. I dug down and removed the dirt. The concrete from the sidewalk had been poured too large underneath so I cut that back and put a concrete edge on the front of the flowerbed too.

I flew up to Lake Powell with Wayne to check out his houseboat on January 10.  Down to Tucson and the Pima Air and Space museumhttp://community.webshots.com/album/221300255OEJVTR

on the weekend of February 14 and 15. and the next weekend a flight to Globe Arizona and the Apache gold casino for breakfast with Glen and Richard.

Training for hiking the Grand Canyon began with a hike up Flatiron in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/1082

http://www.dankat.com/swhikes/flatir.htm

on March 20^th , then Harquahala Mountain west of Wickenburg

http://www.toddshikingguide.com/Hikes/Arizona/Misc/Misc16.htm

on April 3. To Bullhead City Arizona and across the Colorado River to Laughlin Nevada for the annual River Run Bike Rally.

http://www.hotbikeweb.com/events/0404hb_riverrun/

http://www.dixiebiker.com/vegaslau.html/

Back to Tucson and Mount Wrightson http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/1364

on May 1^st then to Sedona on May 8^th to hike up Wilson Mountain. http://www.sportsfun.com/azhikinggallery/galleryintro.asp?galleryid=wilsonmountain_061503

May 14^th  we drove up to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The next morning we set out at 8am and hiked down the South Kaibab trail, over the Colorado river across the black bridge and to Phantom Ranch for a lunch break, then back across the river on the silver bridge and up the Bright Angel trail back to the top by 5pm. http://www.nps.gov/grca/grandcanyon/dayhike/index.htm

http://www.nps.gov/grca/grandcanyon/dayhike/hs_s_kaibab.htm

http://www.nps.gov/grca/grandcanyon/dayhike/hs_ba.htm

June 5^th was another hike to the summit of Mount Humphreys, where there was still snow on the ground

http://www.kaibabjournal.com/miscellaneous/2005_09_04_mt_humphreys.htm

A flight up to Valle Arizona,  30 miles south of the Grand Canyon on June 26^th, to see a small airshow and the aircraft museum there. http://www.valleairport.com/

A hike on the Woodchute trail in the Mountains south of Jerome on July 3^rd, showed a lot of trees killed by the bark beetles. On August 21^st, using a handheld GPS, I hiked to the scene of a B-24 crash on Mount Humphreys.

http://www.kaibabjournal.com/miscellaneous/2005_09_25_b24_crash_site.htm

I liked Wilson Mountain in Sedona so much, I hiked it again on August 29^th.

West of Prescott is Granite Mountain, which I hiked in the early 90’s and was glad to return on Sept 5^th.

Glen and I left Phoenix at 4am Friday sept 17^th for Reno Nevada and a day at the Reno Air Races. We spent the night in Carson City, and on Saturday flew over the mountains across Lake Tahoe then southwest along the Sierras enroute to a fly-in at Riverside California. The Los Angeles basin was covered in fog so we had breakfast at Apple Valley, stopped in Barstow for gas and came back to Phoenix.  On September 30^th George the cat came home. October 16^th, a flight to Las Cruces, New Mexico for the annual gathering of homebuilt aircraft models designed by Vans aircraft.

http://www2.mstewart.net:8080/teamrv/loe04/

Over 200 planes from all over filled the ramp and 14 from southern California put on a nice formation demonstration. Back up to Lake Powell on October 30^th.

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too much concrete here	after drilling and chisling and hauling away the excess	more room for roots now	And no more snails
SR71 at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson	On the way to Globe with Glen and Richard	The top of the Superstition Mountains...	..is right here
Looking back down at Flatiron and east valley (Mesa)	Looking back up at Flatiron. Notice the hikers on the smooth part.	Harquahala Mountain west of Wickenberg, hikers at bottom right	The annual River Run in Laughlin Nevada. Over 60000 loud motorcycles.
Mount Wrightson south of Tucson- A hike comparable to the Grand canyon in length and vertical gain.	At the top -9453 feet, 4033 feet higher than when we started	Wilson Mountain looking to the northwest	from the top looking south
from the top looking southeast	The Grand Canyon from the south rim -In the middle of the picture is Phantom ranch	two thirds of the way down, the side of the trail has an edge to it	The Colorado river, Phantom ranch and the silver bridge
From the bottom it is a long way back up	Two thirds of the way up, still a ways to go	Hikers ahead almost to the top of Mount Humphreys 12633 feet	The terminal at Valle airport
Wildfires created a lot of smoke in Arizona	B24 crash from Sept. 15 1944 on Mount Humphreys	A deer watches on Wilson Mountain	A view of Sedona from the top of Wilson Mountain. smoke from fires in the sky
Granite Mountain west of Prescott	Glen follows close behind	over the Grand Canyon
Castle rock, Lake powell - usually surrounded by water but the lake level is down.	Castle rock view from the marina	Marble canyon, south of Lake Powell	Reno Air Races
Over Lake Tahoe	George, always nearby	He sure can relax	RV fly-in Las Cruces New Mexico, over 200 homebuilt airplanes showed up
Guys from southern California doing fly-bys	Arizona places -2004	Flight course to Reno Air Races and Las Cruces