Backcountry '06

<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 Players : </B></div> <div> <B>This year's trip was a reunion of past backcountry flyers.  It started on the 4th of July weekend at Johnson Creek.</B></div> <div> <B>Doug and Lisa flew the RV-10 over from Colorado.  Doug is a veteran of several trips, but this was Lisa's first time.  They camped at J.C. over the weekend but had to return to CO and resume construction on their house.</B></div> <div> <B>Debbie and Roger showed up from Phoenix in the RV-9 that Roger completed last fall.  They first joined me in the backcountry in their old </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landing at Schafer 01"><U><B>TriPacer</B></U></A><B>, back in</B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yellowstone Group 01"><U><B> '01</B></U></A><B>.  They departed for the west coast after J.C.</B></div> <div> <B>Mark and Melody are my airport neighbors in Chandler, and frequent backcountry traveling companions (as seen on this site :-).  They showed up in their 182 and continued on to Montana with me.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Brad showed up in his '60 172.  Doug and I first met Brad when he showed up at West Yellowstone with Mark and Melody in '04.  Brad, being a brave soul, also threw his hat into the ring for the Montana part of the trip.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </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="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marana Breakfast 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="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Johnson Creek 06"><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> Backcountry '06</div> <div> <IMG SRC="25140f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">       <IMG SRC="25240f00.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   Doug and Lisa takeoff at Johnson Creek.                                                     Roger gets ready to fire up the RV-9</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1e4782c0.jpg" border=0 width="376" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="1e3902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mark and Melody takeoff in Zero Seven Whiskey.                                        Brad unpacks an impressive amount of gear from the 172.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>