Category Archives: Flying

Chama River Wilderness

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Here, you are looking south down the Chama River after it exits the El Vado Reservoir in north central New Mexico and flows south to Abiquiu lake and on to the Rio Grande River.  The mountains on the horizon are … Continue reading

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The absence of something

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Recently, I read a Steinbeck quote – “It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.”  Sometimes the absence of something is required to identify the nature of that “something”.  … Continue reading

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A simply good day

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A couple of months ago, we decided to install a new front fork and wheel and new, larger main tires on the Cessna 182 that would allow us to access New Mexico back country airstrips more safely and with a … Continue reading

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New Mexico Winter from Above

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A much anticipated and hyperbolically reported winter storm passed through New Mexico a few days ago.  While some spots did get a good bit of snow, (Ruidoso, a Sacramento mountain resort town SE of Albuquerque set a snowfall record for … Continue reading

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Backcountry

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Claudia and I recently joined a group called the New Mexico Pilots Association.  Part of their mission is to encourage backcountry flying in NM and to help land owners maintain airstrips that are located in some of the more remote … Continue reading

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The Big Crack

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Recently, Claudia planned an air route that would take us from KAEG airport in Albuquerque to Page, AZ and on to Sedona, AZ via the Grand Canyon.  It’s a flight that we’ve dreamed of doing since we started working on … Continue reading

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Popo & Itza

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  On my last flight out of Mexico City, two of the three largest mountains in Mexico were visible out of my side of the plane.  I always try to get a window seat on the right side of the … Continue reading

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Rites of Spring

Last weekend brought us spectacular spring weather with temps in the 70’s.  We have not had a winter here in Mississippi in many years and this winter was no exception.  Actually, we’ve just had a nice, prolonged fall.   I … Continue reading

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