I live in the northeast where we have lots of things on a small scale. We have little public lands and most of it is not land-able. Ever since buying my Bearhawk 7 years ago, I've wanted to do a trip out west with it. Well, the time has finally come. The calendar says that the family and I depart NH16 on June 8th and return on June 23rd.
Now we need places to go and people to meet! We had planned to cross paths with Bob on his trip to Idaho that coincided with our trip. I have to guess that his trip is now in doubt. ...I hope he is feeling better soon! So, the question of UT or ID (or MT? other suggestions?) is back on the table.
Emilie and I are both reasonably skilled pilots that frequently fly with the local Super Cub crowd. ...they are starting to get used to Emilie showing up at their little Super Cub landings spots with her RV-4. We fly a 260hp 4 place Bearhawk that is now on 31" Bushwheels. We both have limited experience with high density altitudes, mountains and canyons (we just don't have much of that out here), but have reasonable heads on our shoulders.
We'd be looking to:
* mostly avoid large crowds, though a day or two at a gathering could be good (I know about the SC.org Johnson Creek event)
* opportunites to camp next to the airplane and do some day hiking or overnight backpacking
* The more remote and backcountry the better. Primitive LNT backpacking is something we enjoy. Honeymoon was a UT backpacking trip.
* Meet others to go fly with and get an intro to the local strips
* find stops to break up the trip out and back from the home
Any advice, suggestions, invitations?
Thanks!
Tyson
Now we need places to go and people to meet! We had planned to cross paths with Bob on his trip to Idaho that coincided with our trip. I have to guess that his trip is now in doubt. ...I hope he is feeling better soon! So, the question of UT or ID (or MT? other suggestions?) is back on the table.
Emilie and I are both reasonably skilled pilots that frequently fly with the local Super Cub crowd. ...they are starting to get used to Emilie showing up at their little Super Cub landings spots with her RV-4. We fly a 260hp 4 place Bearhawk that is now on 31" Bushwheels. We both have limited experience with high density altitudes, mountains and canyons (we just don't have much of that out here), but have reasonable heads on our shoulders.
We'd be looking to:
* mostly avoid large crowds, though a day or two at a gathering could be good (I know about the SC.org Johnson Creek event)
* opportunites to camp next to the airplane and do some day hiking or overnight backpacking
* The more remote and backcountry the better. Primitive LNT backpacking is something we enjoy. Honeymoon was a UT backpacking trip.
* Meet others to go fly with and get an intro to the local strips
* find stops to break up the trip out and back from the home
Any advice, suggestions, invitations?
Thanks!
Tyson
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