Big Creek '09

<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>  As mentioned elsewhere on this site, the Big Creek Lodge caught fire in the winter of '08 and burned to the ground.   Sadly, there are no plans to rebuild.</B></div> <div> <B>   The strip still houses a Forest Service station and campground, so even if breakfast is no more, there's a reason to stop in.   </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="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sulphur Creek 09"><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="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Going Home 09"><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> Big Creek '09</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2f641710.jpg" border=0 width="833" height="625" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   Big Creek Lodge as it appeared in happier times.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="361e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   This is all that remains.  This pic was taken from almost the same spot as the one above it.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="363e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    N4BQ parked in front of the ranger staion.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="365e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    This strip is still fantastic.   Even without the lodge, we'll be back.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>