West Yellowstone '10

<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>  In predictable fashion, we started off our June trip in West Yellowstone. This year we started with 5 planes.  </B></div> <div> <B>  For the first time, I was joined by my brother Flavio, the second family member brave enough to endure this crowd on a backcountry flying trip.</B></div> <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="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Going Home 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="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Three Forks 10"><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 '10</div> <div> <IMG SRC="379e8760.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="630" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>     The five planes of the Arizona gang (a.k.a. The Boys of Summer to the folks at Yellowstone Aviation).</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="37ae8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    This year, Mark's plane sported a spiffy new paint job.  We expected to see a few backcountry dings in the new paint before the trip was through.  Gravel strips and shiny </div> <div> paint are not a good combo.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="37ce8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    A beer guzzling, motley crew to be sure.   We even saw fit to corrupt young Adam, who besides being the FBO owners' son, is also Chief Executive Director of Line Services at Yellowstone Aviation  (so he told us!).</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="37ee8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    Doug relived his misspent youth by showing us how he used to ride his bicycle backwards whilst sitting on the handlebars.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="380e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>    Being a group that never does anything the easy way, we put vegetarian Mel in charge of keeping an eye on our steaks.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="382e8ee0.jpg" border=0 width="1000" height="750" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>   In keeping with that theme, I devised this clever (convoluted?) way of starting the evening campfire remotely.  It was not the easiest way, but it worked!</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>