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     Joan and I flew our RV6A airplane 

to  Saint George Utah on the 1st of
Sept. to join the Airventurers for the 

weekend. We had a wonderful time
visiting a really unique wildlife museum

 with stuffed wild animals of all
sizes and species from all over the 

world in their native settings. That
evening we saw the musical 42nd Street

 at a beautiful outdoors theater set
in a red rock canyon. The next day we

 visited Zion National Park where we
hiked up a scenic canyon next to the

 river, which kept us somewhat cool.

 For lunch we went to a restaurant

 with spectacular views of the Park's

 colorful
granite mountains, and rock walls. 

Of course, also attended two 

wonderful cocktail parties by the 

trip's organizers, pilots Marv & 

Judy Rifkin.
    On Mon. morning we flew 4 hours

 to Helena, Montana to visit with 

Dona, Joan's sister. She lives in 

Wolf Creek with her son, Rob. We 

stayed there for 4 days. We planned 

to fly to Jackson Hole, WY, to see 

the Grand Tetonsbut the weather was 

bad with thunderstorms and rain. We

 headed North Westto a grass strip 

called Cavanaugh Bay, on Priest Lake

 in Idaho. Since it wasthe wekend all

 the cabins were already rented. We got

 to stay in a rustic bunkhouse with a 

separate hot shower and toilets, which

 is free or adonation. We took the 

rental car to Coolin, a little lakeside

 town. Saturday we left everything in 

the bunkhouse and flew 7 miles to 

Sand Point. All therental cars were

 taken so a nice guy gave us a ride 

to Wal-Mart in town. My
down bag had been in the stuff bag 

too long and was completely flat 

so I froze Friday night. Got a new 

sleeping bag, and we had a gourmet 

lunch at Blimpys in Wal-Mart. A nice

 lady gave us a ride back to the

 airport when she saw us walking back

 to the airport.Two planes flew into 

Priest Lake for an overnight camping

 stop and one pilot, John, invited us

 to visit his private grass strip 

called Timber Basin airpark owned by

 a group of 14 pilots. This was the 

most challenging airstrip that I had

 ever landed on. It had 800 feet 

uphill with a road crossing it, and 

then a steep downhill on the other 

side. I was supposed toget real slow,

 and then hit right on the beginning 

of the strip. I was just a little too 

high and when I went lower I picked 

up about 10 more kts, toofast and over

the top I went. We kinda mushed down 

on the other side and bounced a bunch

 of times. I could hear Joan yelling 

(oooch)(ouch)(Uggg) Ha!!!.  No damage

 to the airplane, and Joan was still 

in good shape. Wevisited with John Berggy

 and his friend and he showed me around 

his huge hangar/workshop. He builds and 

sells kit airplanes to people, also 

restores and repairs aircrafts, and 

manufactures plenums. Our departure was 

much better. I got all the way to the 

beginning of the airport, did a thorough
check and run up, 20 percent flaps, 

gave it full power, released the brakes,
Got to flying speed on the top of the 

hill and away we went back to
Cavanaugh Bay to our little home away 

from home.Sunday Joan and I are up and

 about trying to figure out where to fly
next. Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,

 or Arizona.I am finishing this up 2 

years later. To make a short story 

shorter, Joan and I next flew to 

Jackson Hole and spent three days.

 We rented a car and drove through 

the Grand Teton National Park. It 

was a real treat and worthwhile 

seeing. We spent the next 2 days in 

town looking and enjoyed it.

     We next flew to Page, Arizona,

 stayed three days and had a 

great time looking at all the sights

 there including the water carved 

sandstone caves at an Indian 

reservation. We also went to Lake 

Powell and the dam. Wonderful sights

 were all around to see. After 

this we were getting a little tired

 of traveling so we packed up and 

flew home with our loaded down RV6A.   

Don & Joan

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