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The ground had a tile-like texture. I wondered how long it had been since the river overflowed its banks to flood...- Working my way up the East River past Crested Butte, to 10707 ft Schoefield Pass, and on to the beautiful grass strip at Marble, Colorado. The big mountain at the center is Gothic Mountain.
- Approaching Bowknot Bend on the Green River. We climbed up to cross at the low spot on the canyon wall on the left side.
- Beautiful airport we considered as an alternative to Elk River. We had it all to ourselves. Multiple touch and go 's Beautiful area for flying- Lake Chelan, Coeur d'Alene, etc
- We found the cliff where "Chocolate Falls" forms in the spring. No mud today, just some clear water dribbling over the edge. It looked like oasis in the middle of nowhere.
- Just to the right of this lighthouse is a plaque to commemorate "The Cockleshell Her...ng the second world war in a submarine then attempted to canoe down the Gironde river to Bordeaux to attack German...
- We headed due east along the northern edge of Canyonlands National Park to the Colorado River side. This fin of rock is below Dead Horse Point State Park and just outside of Canyonlands National Park. It's near the "Caveman Airstrip", if you know where that is.
- George flew out and back to Elk River in his fast Astra (similar to a QuickR) to get Henry's spare fuel pump. Here's the clever way he attached it to his standard duct tape roll holder in his cockpit.
- We flew by the Grand Falls of the Little Colorado River, which by luck had some water running after a fall rainstorm three days earlier. The lead pilot is my friend Paul Dressendorfer.
- We followed a river upstream into what I thought was the Navajo Headwaters basin. It turned out to be the Blanco Basin.