Monument Valley Flyout

[L.Adamson]

Monument Valley airport from the air, in an RV9A.

Dirt runway is off the leading edge of the wing, midway.
Turns to asphalt with asphalt park & turn around area.


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[robertahegy]

This is a shot of Monument Valley when we did our shakedown cruise on our 7A in May 2004. It was slightly overcast and about 7:30am with the morning sun filtering in through holes in the clouds. We did this in poster size because the colors were so beautiful. Navajo Mountain is in the background

Roberta

[Bryan Wood]

Originally Posted by robertahegy

This is a shot of Monument Valley when we did our shakedown cruise on our 7A in May 2004. Roberta

Roberta, you win. That is possibly the most beautiful landscape picture that I've ever seen. Boy, fixed pitch, lyc or sube, steam or glass, nose or tail wheel, tilt or slider all seem like great ideas if they get you to places like this. What a great hobby we have.

Best,

[robertahegy]

Thanks, Bryan. I did the piloting. My hubby, Rich, captured the shot with our Canon EOS D30 SLR digital camera with a Tamron 28-300 zoom lense. I have several other great shots we printed out. It was an unusual day as the cloud cover was slightly broken with small patches of sun making it through. The foliage was very green (mid May) and the early time of the day (about 7:30 am) made for a really colorful flight through the valley. We had just left Page, AZ on our way back home and decided to fly over the valley on the way back to Wisconsin.

Just to give an idea how quickly we can travel in our RVs, we left Page at 7am local and landed at Air Troy in Wisconsin at 515pm. That's 8 hrs 15 min travel time with two fuel stops (could have done it with one) and an actual flying (hobbs time) of 7 hrs 10 min. Our route was Page AZ, Monument Valley UT, Santa Fe NM, Dalhart TX, Pittsburg KS, East Troy WI.

We will be back in Monument Valley in May. Here's another pic for inspiration.

Roberta

[az_gila]

Looks like they are sold out for the 10th.....

gil in Tucson

[rvator51]

Originally Posted by az_gila

Looks like they are sold out for the 10th.....

gil in Tucson

Hi Gil,
Looks like it. Surprised they are. There are 16 rooms available on Saturday March 3rd.
Only a few available on Saturday, March 17th, however the price on the 17th jumps from $73 a night to $123 a night. Looks like spring is a busy season for them.

Wonder how many of the reserved rooms are for RVers?
Anyone got an extra bed for Gil?

[Ironflight]

Originally Posted by az_gila

Looks like they are sold out for the 10th.....

gil in Tucson

You'll just have to come join as Big Bend the weekend of the 16th then Gil!!

Paul

[az_gila]

Originally Posted by Ironflight

You'll just have to come join as Big Bend the weekend of the 16th then Gil!!

Paul

The CFO just approved a Big Bend trip....

Was going to stay on the way to picking her up in Houston - it's near enough to halfway...

Her Houston dates changed ... but it sounds like a good solo trip anyway.

gil in Tucson