Before the tower opens... |
First storm on the horizon |
Closer |
Closer yet |
Maybe not too bad |
Fly around this |
On the ground at Goodland, KS |
Nasty stuff out SE of the field |
Cropdusters of course |
Rain during taxi out, gusts to 35kts from the south |
Flying around some more |
Heavy rain north of the field |
Crop circles to the south |
Low level scud |
Looks like some downdrafts |
More wind shear clouds, winds 35kts from the north |
Terrain rising ot the west |
Rockies are out there someplace |
Finally parked at KAPA |
Density Altitude! |
Takeoff! |
Flying south to Pikes Peak |
First step up the Rockies |
Air Force Academy |
The crest of the Rockies |
Just west of KANK |
Salida Valley |
Valley in the Rockies |
Royal Gorge |
A better view of the Royal Gorge |
It was fun crossing this when I was a kid with my parents |
Some great driving down there! |
Looking north to the peaks |
KANK below |
Crossing one pass |
Another high valley |
Last pass |
Some great cumulogranite |
The valley to the west and Gunnison |
Gunnison from the other side of the mesa, there is an airport out there |
Amazing natural designs on these mesas |
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
Who's flying? |
Oh, just stepped back in |
Old cinder cone |
Peaks east of Aspen |
Still snow in June |
More granite |
Beaver Creek |
Vail Airport |
Red rocks |
Vail mid-mountain restaurant |
Heading south to Leadville |
Camp Hale where the 10th Mountain Division trained for WWII |
Ski Cooper |
Leadville airport in the distance |
KLXV is on a mesa south of town |
This is it. 9927 MSL. |
The airport cat |
A reminder of the altitude |
Pines and mountains |
View from the Mineral Belt bike trail |
Nice sledding hill |
Saloons of course, one of the oldest in town |
Dolled up houses |
Murals too |
The Ice Palace from 1800's |
Another house you won't have trouble finding |
Hardware store |
Mineral belt trail |
Remnants of an old mine |
Ah... Aspens |
Just my bike and me |
Pines... |
And pine frest scent |
Looming storm in the distance |
It liked to threaten rain in the afternoon |
Downtown Leadville |
A hotel lobby and cowboys |
Prarie Dogs |
Surprise, it rained after all and froze on my wing |
LXV FBO |
Took the wet frost off in shorts of course |
Taxi out at LXV |
14ers in the distance |
Leadville streets |
North pass out of Leadville to Vail |
Past Ski Cooper again |
Camp Hale |
More granite |
A sheen on the pines from the rain last night |
Mountain ridge and peaks |
Some weathered peaks |
A green mesa |
Erosoin + |
Closer view |
Looking back east |
More mesas and valleys |
Amazing mix of colors |
Canyon country in Utah |
Desert near Hanksville, UT |
Mount Waas to the south |
Remains of old volcanoes |
Arches National Park |
Something you don't see from the ground |
There's arches in some of these photos |
Canyons and arches |
On fins of rock turned sideways |
Arches NP |
The loop at the north end of Arches |
Arches NP |
Arches NP |
Moab-Canyonlands aiport KCNY |
Arches NP |
Flying south to Moab, UT |
Green River valley at Moab |
More canyon country |
Moab and the Colorado River |
That red area at the bottom is a massive uranium tailing cleanup site |
Canyonlands area |
Utah canyons |
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KHVE - Hanksville, UT |
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Some incredible rifts |
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Capital Reef NP |
Capital Reef NP |
Canyons in Capital Reef |
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Colors changing as I head south |
More reds as the terrain changes |
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Escalante Muni, 1l7 |
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The first indication that I'm near Bryce |
A great formation at this pass east of KBCE |
Bryce Canyon NP |
Bryce Canyon NP |
Bryce Canyon NP |
Yes KBCE is out there |
Bryce Canyon NP |
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Found it, all 7395 feet of it |
That's a long runway, but just a couple miles from Bryce NP |
Final for 21 |
Taxiing, on a long runway |
Grand Canyon Airlines - a Cessna 206 |
What a grand FBO at Bryce |
An airport hunting lodge |
The airplane selfie |
Bryce airport hangar |
Lots of ramp space |
Looking back at that pass a few pictures ago |
Their hangar |
Made in 1936 by WPA |
Rustic as the west |
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And a few cracks in the siding for air conditioning |
Nice hangar customer |
Saying goodbye to Bryce |
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Flying south to the Grand Canyon |
In the distance is the Grand Canyon |
Coming up on the edge of a cliff |
The crack of the Grand Canyon |
The edge of the Vermillion Cliffs |
Looking back at the cliffs |
The northern part of the Colorado and the Grand Canyon |
Vermillion Cilffs to the north behind me |
My 1960s flight around the canyon |
Some Videos too ... |
Flying through some weather |
The Royal Gorge |
Gunnison, CO. Just a small mesa in the way on downwind |
A mountain valley east of Aspen, CO |
Landing at Leadville, KLXV |
Flying south down the northern arm of the Grand Canyon at 10k ft |
Biking at the rim |
The Bright Angel Trail |
A mock flyover of the canyon |
The Bright Angel Trail from the South Rim |
Hiking the start of the Bright Angle Trail |