Big Bend Ranch State Park Semi-Irregular Fly-In Scheduled

[Bartman]

Well I "drove" out there from Houston because the weather was to bad to fly VFR. Stayed in the bunkhouse Friday night then went out and saw Chase Saturday (really nice guy) . Ive lived in Texas 35 years and had never been down to Big Bend area and all I can saw is WOW. I will be back hopefully in my finished 8.

[zilik]

Originally Posted by scard

TTurns out that US Customs must have tracked us back all the way back and called the tower as we were on short final to get our tail numbers! What the... No way did we ever come closer than about 15mi. to the border. .

Carolyn and I spent a couple of hours flying around the park Sunday morning after I gave a ride to a guy named Al. I don't think we ever got closer than 2 miles to the border. I looked at my GPS track last night and it agrees, Gary never crossed the border.

I like Paul landed for fuel which screws up their tracking. Marc also landed Alpine for fuel so he to confused the trackers. Maybe being bare metal you show up brighter on the scopes

[scard]

Originally Posted by zilik

Carolyn and I spent a couple of hours flying around the park Sunday morning after I gave a ride to a guy named Al. I don't think we ever got closer than 2 miles to the border. I looked at my GPS track last night and it agrees, Gary never crossed the border.

I like Paul landed for fuel which screws up their tracking. Marc also landed Alpine for fuel so he to confused the trackers. Maybe being bare metal you show up brighter on the scopes

<chuckle>Now I see, it is all you guys that dropped off your "payload" before your final destination that made me stick out like a sore thumb on my single hop . I figured they just couldn't believe an RV9A making 190kt ground speed.

[db1yg]

Hi Folks,

Come on---I know someone on this trip must have taken a few pics!!

How about some postings!

BTW, Janie and I really wanted to go again this year but it was not in the cards--however, we are currently planning to fly out next week. We hope to have the park all to ourselves--well, ourselves and the 4-6 others who missed out on the Presidents Day gathering due to weather and want to experience BBRSP.

I understand from John (BBRSP volunteer) that Spring Break is not a good time for solitude at the park--anyone know when the Spring Break "season" begins?

Best Wishes to all,

Cheers,

db

[Louise Hose]

Scott and my photos are up now on the other thread.

I don't know about Texas schools, specifically, but here's an educated guess based on my experience both in academics and hanging out near Southwestern parks. This year, Easter is early and spring breaks will start March 15th. That week and the following will likely be the busiest. Various schools will get out at various times, but the breaks will probably slow down around April 13th.