Schafer '04

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="043c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>This year I brought along my pal Doug Peterson (as seen on this web site).  In years past, he flew his RV-6 on these backcountry trips, but the RV was sold to finance the new RV-10 project </B><A HREF="http://www.rvator.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rvator.com"><U><B>http://www.rvator.com</B></U></A><B> </B><B>.  Since he was planeless, I took pity on him and brought him along.</B></div> <div> <B>The wildlife at Schafer (8U2) was the highlight this year.  We had a doe in camp the whole time we were there.  She followed us around and would plop herself down and relax as we sat by the fire.  Very strange.</B></div> <div> <B>Additionally, Doug had his very first bear encounter.  We came upon a juvenile black bear about 300 yds. from camp, while hiking.  We heard Momma bear up the hill, but fortunately, we got out of there before she saw us.  </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>John Galban's Flying Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mustang Mickeys"><U><B><IMG SRC="04910100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Creek 04"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a10100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U><B><IMG SRC="04b100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Schafer '04</div> <div> <IMG SRC="16f15900.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   This was our camp mascot Wingtip.   She appeared with a herd, but decided to stay around </div> <div> camp for a few days after the herd moved on.  I think she liked us.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="17115900.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> After a short rain, clouds start to form on the hill east of the runway.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="172e2690.jpg" border=0 width="482" height="361" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A view of the runway from the approach end.  You've got to watch that fence if you're</div> <div> trying to land at the beginning of the runway.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>