Getting There '05

<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>The '05 backcountry trip was the first for Doug's recently completed </B><A HREF="http://www.rvator.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rvator.com"><U><B>RV-10</B></U></A><B> and for my newly redone </B><A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Engine Overhaul 05"><U><B>engine</B></U></A><B>.  Up until a few days before our departure, we were both breaking in the new engines.  I finished my first 25 hrs. and had the engine inspected just a few days before departure.  Doug finished his 40 hr. experimental fly-off at about the same time.  </B></div> <div> <B>  Our trip consisted of stops in some old favorite spots, like West Yellowstone, Schafer Meadows and Johnson Creek.  This year we also added a new camping destination, Moose Creek in Northern Idaho.  I'd flown in to Moose Creek many years ago, but had never camped there.</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="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Engine Overhaul 05"><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="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schafer 05"><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> Getting There '05</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1ad80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The truck is loaded with everything I'll need for a week in the backcountry.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1ae80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> By the time Doug snapped this pic of the sun rising over his right wing, we were nearly 100 miles north of PHX.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1af80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I snapped this one as we passed on the east side of the Grand Canyon, just after sunrise.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>