ScottSchmidt
Well Known Member
Last week we flew the -10 down to Lake Powell to go out on the lake for a few days and do some hiking and surfing and ended up adding onto the trip and seeing unexpected friends. It all started Wednesday morning when we departed to Page, AZ with weather to the south and west. The forecast was for some thunderstorm activity but pre-flight checks showed everything would clear Page.
Anna is now 7 months old and has been on a few trips in the plane but this trip was the most fun yet with her. They sure do grow up fast.
About halfway to Page the weather really started building around Page so I diverted to Halls Crossing (Cal Black) to wait and see what the weather would do.
Here is Anna in the plane ready to get going.
Here is a picture to the west as the storms were building and moving north.
After landing at Halls Crossing I called my friends and decided to head somewhere else for the night since the weather was not looking good most of the day. We had always wanted to land at Monument Valley and the weather looked great just to the south of us so that is where we headed.
Anna was happy to hang out for a few minutes at Halls Crossing.
The flight over to Monument Valley was only about 20 minutes but was very beautiful. A storm had come through earlier that morning and red rocks had pools of water and streams everywhere.
We flew around Monument Valley for a few minutes before landing at the airport that was paved when the Red Bull Air Racing series was there.
(My previous Red Bull write-up:http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...d=1#post138271)
The airport says it is private and you need permission but when I called and asked they really did not care and just said "no problem".
Anna is now 7 months old and has been on a few trips in the plane but this trip was the most fun yet with her. They sure do grow up fast.
About halfway to Page the weather really started building around Page so I diverted to Halls Crossing (Cal Black) to wait and see what the weather would do.
Here is Anna in the plane ready to get going.
Here is a picture to the west as the storms were building and moving north.
After landing at Halls Crossing I called my friends and decided to head somewhere else for the night since the weather was not looking good most of the day. We had always wanted to land at Monument Valley and the weather looked great just to the south of us so that is where we headed.
Anna was happy to hang out for a few minutes at Halls Crossing.
The flight over to Monument Valley was only about 20 minutes but was very beautiful. A storm had come through earlier that morning and red rocks had pools of water and streams everywhere.
We flew around Monument Valley for a few minutes before landing at the airport that was paved when the Red Bull Air Racing series was there.
(My previous Red Bull write-up:http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...d=1#post138271)
The airport says it is private and you need permission but when I called and asked they really did not care and just said "no problem".