fstringham7a
Well Known Member
Got up at O dark 30 to prepare for a breakfast run to Monument Valley,
http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/monumentvalley.htm
We were a flight of three that included an F1 Rocket, RV7A, and a Citabria. We departed 1L8 (Hur-a-cun, Utah) just as the sun was cresting over Mollies Nipple (another story for another day).
Once we got call signs (yellow1, blue1 (go figure the plane is black), and slow1), radio frequencies (FINGERS), and navigation figured out we settled in for a beautiful ride to Monument Valley (UT25). The mission was to have a breakfast at the Goulding Lodge Cafe, http://www.gouldings.com/.
The views in route and on approach were spectacular. Desert Buttes, Sand Dunes, Gorges carved by centuries of water/wind errosion. Lake Powell with the sun glistening off the water marked our path to the beautiful chimney rock country of Monument valley.
Once there the big decision was who was paying for breackfast.
Then it was time for the morning exercise to the vittles.
Then what to eat, or story to tell, or "who was that again........paying for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All to soon the food came, was consumned, checks paid......man did I get the bill or what. Oh well at least I didn't have to pay for the gas in the Rocket.
to be continued
http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/monumentvalley.htm
We were a flight of three that included an F1 Rocket, RV7A, and a Citabria. We departed 1L8 (Hur-a-cun, Utah) just as the sun was cresting over Mollies Nipple (another story for another day).
Once we got call signs (yellow1, blue1 (go figure the plane is black), and slow1), radio frequencies (FINGERS), and navigation figured out we settled in for a beautiful ride to Monument Valley (UT25). The mission was to have a breakfast at the Goulding Lodge Cafe, http://www.gouldings.com/.
The views in route and on approach were spectacular. Desert Buttes, Sand Dunes, Gorges carved by centuries of water/wind errosion. Lake Powell with the sun glistening off the water marked our path to the beautiful chimney rock country of Monument valley.
Once there the big decision was who was paying for breackfast.
Then it was time for the morning exercise to the vittles.
Then what to eat, or story to tell, or "who was that again........paying for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All to soon the food came, was consumned, checks paid......man did I get the bill or what. Oh well at least I didn't have to pay for the gas in the Rocket.
to be continued
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