We left Gunnison and had to climb to high to cross the mountains to reach Saguache and the San Luis Valley. If was very cold, about 30F ambient temperature. Our goal was the heated pool at Hooper, Colorado. We just hoped it would be open when we landed so we could warm up.
We spent half the morning searching for 40 gallons of ethanol free fuel. Then the other half searching for ethanol !! ;)
David Coy tipped us off that a bottle of Scotch would pave our welcome on our first outback leg tomorrow to Bill's Ranch in Montana.
We steadily climbed out of the valley to reach the top of the 12,500 ft mountain north of Creede, Garita Peak. From there we followed a high mountain ridge to the east.
This is a view back to the northwest to Garita Peak and the large park below the mountain.
Yesterday I tried to get as high pitch angle down in a spiral as I could to test out actual spiral angles. No power, 60 degree bank and about 70 MPH I could only get t...
We flew to the north around the edge of Sevier Lake to a smaller valley with a dried lake be...s. We had wanted to camp here last night, but were pinned down at Milford by the high...
There were rain showers in the afternoon, but the skies cleared around 4pm. We pulled..., permitting a close look at Treasure Falls. After the flyby, I climbed up high...