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tommylewis 07-30-2015 06:50 PM

On to Oshkosh
 
I guess we need a third airplane.

So after driving 16 hours to get back home, changing oil in our RV7a, and checking everything over, we took off at sunrise on Sat morning before OSH starts. Since eastern Iowa and ILL had rain storms, we headed for western Iowa expecting to fly around the western edge and the fly east to OSH. We stopped for lunch in LaMars Iowa and when we checked the weather and forecasts for Sunday, we decided the motel next to the airport sure looked good. I guess 3 days of go go go caught up with us. So Sunday morning we did yet another sunrise takeoff targeting Ripon arrival for 8 am.

This was the view as we turned on final for 36L.


Our camp for the week in row 308.


Fireworks after night airshow.


Takeoff a week later.


We really had a good week at Oshkosh again this year. This was our 39th Oshkosh and we still love the event. Thank you to all the folks that greeted us during the week. While the event is great, it is the people that really make it a world class experience!

tommylewis 07-30-2015 06:55 PM

Plans
 
Last Sunday we flew over to South Dakota to visit Mom for the week. I have caught up on our travels. Tomorrow we are flying to Utah to meet up with our son and his family for a week. Check out our link below to check our progress.

Jack Beck 07-30-2015 07:31 PM

We so enjoyed meeting you at West Yellowstone and repeatedly bumping into you amazing folks at Oshkosh.

wjb 07-30-2015 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommylewis (Post 1001954)
This was our 39th Oshkosh and we still love the event. Thank you to all the folks that greeted us during the week.

39th year; sweet! I'm still at 0.0, and now I'm feeling that I need to build a hot-spare RV. Maybe after my first year at Oshkosh... Thanks for the great writeup.

Mike S 07-31-2015 07:21 PM

Tom, how much time on the engine in the 10 when the valve stuck??

Glad all worked out fine and all safe. Much nicer to find these things on the ground than in the air...................

tommylewis 08-05-2015 06:01 PM

Moved on
 
Mike, the RV10 had 587 hours on it when #4 exhaust valve stuck.

Last Friday, we left Mom's house in SD and flew down to Grand Junction. Friends told us they had a good experience spending a night there so we tried it and it worked out well for us also.

A picture taken north of Grand Junction.


Turning a long final for RW29 at Grand Junction.


The destination for the week was Moab, so on Sat morning, it was a short flight over to Canyonlands airport, 16 miles north of Moab. This was a view on the flight over.


Turning on final for RW03 at Canyonlands.


We met our son and family here and have a very nice 3 BR condo and a mini van rented for the week.

tommylewis 08-05-2015 06:30 PM

Canyondlands
 
On our first day exploring the Moab area, we picked Canyonlands NP. It is a beautiful area. This is one of the view points we stopped at.


Another view.


If you noticed some showers in the distance on the two pictures, we took a hike that was an hour in, and during that hour a shower moved in and we got drenched! The temperature dropped to 60 during the rain. So this next picture is of our wet crew here.

tommylewis 08-05-2015 07:50 PM

Arches NP
 
So on day 2 & 3, we toured Arches NP and this is a sample of the sights.

Landscape Arch


Pinetree Arch


Skyline Arch


Sand Dune Arch


Windows North & South Arches at sunset


Double Arch


This is absolutely beautiful country! We are having a great week and enjoying the Moab area immensely.

crabandy 08-06-2015 08:22 PM

I Really enjoy these trip reports!

chazking 08-06-2015 08:28 PM

Spectacular
 
Pix & locations .. Thanks


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