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Hey
what a neat trip! I spent a lot of time in the Idaho backcountry and
you triggered more than a few memories.
Do you happen to know of Bob Schramm in SLC. Had his Bonanza hangered
there and a very active GA pilot. If you do, tell him Mr. Ugly said HI.
That was his nickname for me when I was giving instruction back in the
early 70s in VNY.
Cheers
FlyinRock

In article <39A76FD8.DE698EF2@wojciktech.com>,
Leonard wrote:
> Finally, my turn for some vacation time. First one since 1997.
Planned
> to depart Aug 4 for a bit of fishing in Idaho... didnt get away until
> Sunday the 6th. North from SLC to Hailey Idaho (Sun Valley) for
fuel.
> Nice service, took courtesy car into town and got a fishing license,
> back in the air in 1:15. First destination was Graham USFS strip
(U45)
> - looked beautiful in the "Fly Idaho" book. There was apparently a
fire
> in there either last year or the year before. Nothing now but snags
on
> barren hillsides, not even a tree for shade to pitch a tent under.
> Passed it by, landed at Warm Springs (0U1). There is a nice camping
> area provided by Idaho State Aeronautics (paid for with aeronautics
> funds, supposedly reserved for pilots). Bad news - all three areas
were
> taken up by some people who had driven in there for free camping,
> complete with loud party, boom box, dogs (nice little ones like a
> rottweiler and a chow which were aggressive and not leashed). We
ended
> up camping on the other side of the strip in a not so nice place. Got
> up early and departed (Monday) - hope the hangovers got full effect of
> the take-off :--) Someday, I want to go back there and hike to
> the hot springs (about ½ mile from the airstrip).
>
> Next stop was our actual destination anyway - Cayuse Creek (S74).
Strip
> is 1800 feet long at 3500 elevation. Down in the bottom of a
canyon.
> Approach downwind/down canyon from about 6000, fly about 4 miles,
skim
> a ridge and turn down a side canyon (toboggan canyon), then onto a
long
> final. Get down in the bottom of the canyon, flaps down, hang it on
the
> engine, after one last turn you see the strip at a distance of about
1/4
> mile, land. I used about 1000 of runway. Found a place over in the
> trees on the south side to camp, pulled the plane over next to it
(about
> 100 feet from the campsite).
>
> Absolutely mellow. Absolutely beautiful. Fantastically great
fishing.
> Mediocre catching. Stream temperatures were warm - fished in wading
> shoes and shorts, no waders needed. Caught a number of little fish
(8 -
> 10") but no big ones. Water temperature was too warm. The big ones,
I
> found out later while swimming, were sulking in the bottom of the deep
> holes in the creek and wouldnt take anything. None the less, the
> fishing was FANTASTIC. Some day I will get around to putting up a web
> page and put some photos on it. We really roughed it on the food...
> With the likes of Fillet Mignon with wine and mushroom sauce, Lasagna
> with garlic bread, Mexican - chile verde, tacos, poppers,
breakfasts...
> french toast, eggs Benedict with champagne, etc etc. You get the
idea.
> Had to eat all that stuff so we could get off the ground when we left!
>
> On the trip up, there were a number of fires (stayed away from the
> Salmon area, and another area near the Warren strip) but visibility
was
> pretty good at 11500. High temperature we measured at Cayuse Creek
was
> 99 on Wednesday Aug 9. We had to wait a couple of hours after sunup,
> when we left Saturday morning, for the ICE to melt off the wings.
> Departure was back out the way we had come in - down stream - there
are
> a number of 100 ft fir trees on the upstream (SW) end of the strip.
> Even with the 2 ft grass (sparse but present) we only used about 1000
> feet getting out.
>
> Next stop was Spokane for a family get-together. Landed at Mead
(70S),
> just north of Spokane. Nice fellow who owns the strip, lots of
> improvements in the last couple of years. Tie-downs just $3 per night
> and close to my destination in Spokane. No avgas, just auto fuel.
Had
> to fly down to Felts field (SFF) for fuel before departing for
> Springfield Oregon area. On that leg, landed Creswell, Oregon (77S).
> Good airport, friendly folks, reasonable fuel prices and closer to
> Springfield than Eugene (EUG). Final leg from Creswell back to SLC
took
> 4:22 at a cruising altitude of 15500. Total flying time for the
trip
> a bit over 14 hours.
>
> Now its back to the grind, but at least Im mellow for a while.
>


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