EAA Fly-in, Pig Roast, music and dancing at Animas Airport (00C), Durango, CO. 08/28/2010 We flew south from FNL, down the Front Range of Colorado, to Hayden Pass, across the San Luis Valley, Wolf Creek Pass, Pagosa Springs, then Durango, to the smaller airport, Animas (00C). On the way back we flew Blanding, UT, Monument Valley, Dolores Point, Gateway, Rifle, Kremmling for a late lunch (used the airport car), and back to Fort Collins.

 
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  N7390K, C172XP with the 210hp and Garmin 430 upgrades. Longs Peak, looking W from Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (FNL). Airborne at FNL, enroute to Animas Airport (00C), Durango, CO. Longs Peak, W of Loveland. Pilot Perry Scott, intrepid adventurer and mountain pilot!

 
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  Colorado Front Range, looking looking SW into the Continental Divide. Longmont airport, looking down RWY-11. Flatirons west of Boulder, looking SW. Houses near the ridge lines W of Denver. Looking SW, Mount Evans center, left.

 
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  N7390K panel, enroute FNL to 00C. Perry and Jer/ airborne west of Denver. I70 at Floyd Hill, looking E. I70 Floyd Hill to Chief Hosa, looking E to Denver. Mountain flying, SW of Denver, SSW bound, to cross the far ridge.

 
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  Cheesman Reservoir, looking SE to Pikes Peak. Pikes Peak, looking SE across the Hayman Fire. Hayman Fire, looking SW toward South Park. South Park, 11 Mile Reservoir Dam, looking E. South Park, 11 Mile Reservoir, looking NW.

 
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  South Park, Round House, S of 11 Mile Reservoir. Approaching Hayden Pass, looking SW into the San Luis Valley. 1 Approaching Hayden Pass, looking SW into the San Luis Valley. 2 Approaching Hayden Pass, looking SW into the San Luis Valley. 3 Approaching Hayden Pass, looking SW into the San Luis Valley. 4

 
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  Villa Grove, Colorado, looking N, W of Hayden Pass. Saguache, Colorado. Looking WNW at the Saguache Airport (04V). Pikes Peak on the horizon. 1 Pikes Peak on the horizon. 2 South Fork, Colorado. Wolf Creek Pass and Pagosa Springs to the left, Creed to the right.

 
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  Main road from South Fork toward Wolf Creek Pass and Ski area. Wolf Creek Ski Area, looking W. Wolf Creek Ski Area, looking W. Railroad Pass, S of Wolf Creek Pass, the better airplane crossing point. NW edge of Railroad Pass. Note solar house at the near edge.

 
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  Across Railroad Pass, looking W toward Pagosa Springs, CO. Sonlight Christian Camp, Looking NNW. Pagosa Springs Airport (PSO), Colorado, looking SW. 1 Pagosa Springs Airport (PSO), Colorado, looking SW. 2 West of Pagosa Springs, looking W across the valley to Durango.

 
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  Looking W from Pagosa Springs to Durango. E of Durango, looking S. Main road westbound to Durango. Animas Airport is on the far ridge, left of the road. 1 Main road westbound to Durango. Animas Airport is on the far ridge, left of the road. 2 Animas Airport (00C), looking E, taxiing in from the runway.

 
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  N7390K in the grass at 00C for EAA Fly-in, pig roast and music festival. N7390K, in the grass at 00C, looking N toward the main ramp hangars. Spot landing contest. The cub scratched by landing short. This one is about to land short. This one landed short, see that the chalk on the far right line is in the air.

 
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  Gary Standhart wins the spot landing contest in N56180! The cub is short this time. Spot landing line judges reviewing the landings. The cub is long this time. Looking SW across the main ramp at 00C.

 
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  The band discussing what to play next. The band rockin' on! The music was great! Preflighting the airplane before departure. The small dot above the wing strut is the moon. Looking N into Mesa Verde national Park.

 
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  Departing Blanding, UT after fueling. Looking W into Monument Valley. Monuments in Monument Valley. Approaching Monument Valley, San Juan Comb. Monument Valley, looking SW.

 
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  Monument Valley, rock on butte. Monuments in the Valley. Pillars in Monument Valley. Triangle Butte in Monument Valley. Significant spire in Monument Valley.

 
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  Goosenecks of the San Juan River, looking SE, upstream. Note parking lot and overlook on left edge. The Goosenecks overlook looks down on a narrow "fin" that the San Juan River has almost cut though. Looking NW, downstream from the Goosenecks on the San Juan River. Monument Valley, looking SW toward Goulding's Trading Post. 1 Monument Valley, looking SW toward Goulding's Trading Post. 2

 
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  Mesa, looking W across Monument Valley. Monument Valley, looking SE. 1 Monument Valley, looking SE. 2 Monuments, looking SE across Monument Valley. Goulding's Trading Post is at the base of the far mesa in the center of the picture.

 
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  Dolores Point Airport, near Gateway, Colorado. 1 Dolores Point Airport, near Gateway, Colorado. 2 Dolores Point Airport, near Gateway, Colorado. 3 Hubbard Airport, looking SSE at Gateway, Colorado. Roan Plateau near Rifle, Colorado. Oil and gas recovery infrastructure.

 
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  Bishop Ranch hunting lodge airport, looking SE. Bishop Ranch hunting lodge airport, looking NE. Bishop Ranch hunting lodge airport, looking S. Pilot flying over the Roan Plateau, NW of Rifle. Over the Colorado River, looking E toward Kremmling, Colorado.

 
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  Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (FNL) on right, Boyd Lake on left. Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (FNL), looking down RWY 33. 1 Fort Collins - Loveland Airport (FNL), looking down RWY 33. 2 FNL, A3 taxiway, looking at coyote left of the sign. 1 FNL, A3 taxiway, looking at coyote left of the sign. 2

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