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We followed the Dirty Devil to the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek at Hanksville. We would rejoin Muddy Creek in a hour or so at Hidden Splendor, later that morning. For now, we followed the Fremont River to the west towards Capitol Reef National Park. ...Tags: jeffsflightlog jeff_trike xc
- Cruising up the Dirty Devil River. Near Hanksville, I saw a Powered Parachute circling ahead. I raised him on the radio to say good morning. He was a little surprised to see the two of us emerge from the middle of nowhere, then disappear into the desert wilderness.
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- Friday, October 5, 2013. There is a 3 and a half day break in the weather, starting this afternoon (not this morning). Paul and used it to take a 4 day trip to Utah. We will have head winds and rough air in this morning, but it should mellow out in the afternoon north of ...
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- Zoomed in view of Royal Arch.
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- Monument Valley came into view 50 miles to the west. I flew past Rooster Rock, at the far eastern edge of MV.
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- There are the western buttes of MV. The winds were 30 mph of the north, as we crept past MV with a ground speed near 50mph all the way to Cal Black Airport, near Lake Powell. The winds eased off to calm here, as predicted by the forecast. The guy running the fuel pump a...
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- At last, some fun flying in light winds. We headed north along the edge of Lake Powell.
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- The fractal shoreline of Lake Powell.
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- The Colorado River winds through a huge mud deposit, left behind as the waters of Lake Powell receded. We flew past the concrete boat ramp of the Hite Marina, which was a mile from the river. The ramp looked like a perfect landing spot. This is a bay, nearly cut off from ...
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- At Hite, we let left the Colorado to follow the Dirty Devil River. I did my best to keep a landable clear patch of terrain nearby. If I ever was forced down here, it would be nearly impossible to take off again.
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