West Yellowstone '07

<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> With the fires raging throughout  Montana and Idaho this summer, we spent a lot more time hanging around West Yellowstone this year.  </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="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wildfire Summer 07"><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="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Three Forks 07"><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> West Yellowstone '07</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2793b6c0.jpg" border=0 width="827" height="620" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   This year Mark brough his radio controlled helicopter which came out whenever things got slow.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="27a42720.jpg" border=0 width="834" height="626" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Taking advantage of the shade under Steve's 182 on a warm afternoon.  From the left are Mark, Steve, Brad and Steve's dad.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="27b48370.jpg" border=0 width="840" height="567" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   Somebody emailed to complain that they expected West Yellowstone's Pilots' Campground to have a building with a shower, after reading my</div> <div> description of it on this site.   I stand by my description of  a "hot outdoor shower" and decided I'd better post a picture of it.  The keen observer may</div> <div> notice that this is actually an old pop-top camper that has been fitted with walls, a shower stall and a propane water heater.  The camper used to be</div> <div> a real camper when I first started flying here in 1990.  If you got here first, you were welcome to use it in lieu of setting up a tent.  When the camper's</div> <div> fabric deteriorated, it was converted into this beautiful hot shower with donations from campground users and the Montana Aeronatics Division.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>