2013-09-22-Creede-flyin... Well, the plan was a pancake breakfast at Creede Airport (C24), Colorado. The weather was great leaving Fort Collins (FNL) and the Cessna 140 climbed up over 13,000 to cross US285 southbound, just East of Kenosha Pass. Arriving at Salida and looking into the San Luis Valley, I saw haze and a cloud ceiling. The Wolf Creek AWOS was reporting snow and limited visibility. Flight Service reported that the weather was moving north-northeast at 30 knots. Hummm time to change the plan. I turned around over Poncha Pass (just south of Salida), and proceeded to Leadville for fuel. The weather was already at Fremont Pass, so I went south to Buena Vista, Central Colorado Airport (AEJ), to turn east over Trout Creek Pass, then Guanella Pass, then over I-70. The TFR for the flood had been cancelled, so I flew over Jamestown, which was washed out, and then over Elk Park Airport (34CD). The road into the Elk Park Airport was washed out in many places. But, the hangar door was open and the airstrip looked dry and usable. The the road from the resort downstream from the Elk Park Airport eastbound to US36 was washed out. The resort helipad looked to be intact, and there seemed to be people there cleaning up.

	N89297, Cessna 140, ready to go, just barely dawn, 09/22/13.	Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, from pattern altitude at Fort Collins-Loveland Airport (FNL), 09/22/13.	Longs Peak at dawn, with clouds, 09/22/13.	Looking W from Boulder to the Continental Divide, 09/22/13.	Boulder looking W up Boulder Canyon to the Continental Divide, 1, 09/22/13.

	Boulder looking W up Boulder Canyon to the Continental Divide, 2, 09/22/13.	NCAR, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 09/22/13.	Union Pacific Railroad, track washout just uphill from "Tunnel 2", 09/22/13.	Athanasiou Valley Airport (CO07), near Blackhawk, looking SW, 1, 09/22/13.	Athanasiou Valley Airport (CO07), near Blackhawk, looking SW, 2, 09/22/13.

	Mount Evans looking SW, 09/22/13.	Kenosha Pass looking SW, 09/22/13.	N89297 over Kenosha Pass, 12,500 MSL, 09/22/13.	Santa Maria Jesus statue, 1, 09/22/13.	Santa Maria Jesus statue, 2, 09/22/13.

	Over the ridge SE of Kenosha Pass, looking SW into South Park, Colorado, 09/22/13.	Michigan Hill, 1, 09/22/13.	Michigan Hill, 2, 09/22/13.	Balloons looking SE toward 11 Mile reservoir, 09/22/13.	Balloons looking SE toward 11 Mile reservoir, 09/22/13.

	Balloons looking SE toward 11 Mile reservoir, 09/22/13.	Harriet Alexander Field Airport (ANK) Salida, Colorado, USA, looking SW toward RWY24, 1, 09/22/13.	Harriet Alexander Field Airport (ANK) Salida, Colorado, USA, looking SW toward RWY24, 2, 09/22/13.	Harriet Alexander Field Airport (ANK) Salida, Colorado, USA, looking E toward RWY6, 09/22/13.	Mt Princeton Hot Springs, looking NE, note new pool on the right, 09/22/13.

	Cottonwood Hot Springs Inn & Spa - Buena Vista, Colorado., 09/22/13.	Aspens are beginning to turn colors, NW of Buena Vista, Colorado, 1, 09/22/13.	Aspens are beginning to turn colors, NW of Buena Vista, Colorado, 2, 09/22/13.	Como, Colorado, looking SE, note part of old railroad roundhouse near the top of this picture, 09/22/13.	Michigan Hill, looking NE, 09/22/13.

	Michigan Hill, looking SE, 09/22/13.	Michigan Hill, looking SE, Cathie's cabin circled, 09/22/13.	Michigan Hill, looking S, 1, 09/22/13.	Michigan Hill, looking S, 2, 09/22/13.	Top of Guanella Pass, looking NE, 09/22/13.

	Parking lot at top of Guanella Pass, looking SE, 1, 09/22/13.	Parking lot at top of Guanella Pass, looking SE, 2, 09/22/13.	Berthoud Pass AWOS, located at 12,493 feet MSL, 1 mile east of the Berthoud Pass summit, at the summit of Mines Peak. 09/22/13.	Empire, Colorado, looking NW toward Berthoud Pass, 09/22/13.	Berthoud Pass AWOS, located at 12,493 feet MSL, 1 mile E of the Berthoud Pass summit, at the summit of Mines Peak. 09/22/13.

	Berthoud Pass AWOS, located at 12,493 feet MSL, 1 mile E of the Berthoud Pass summit, at the summit of Mines Peak. 09/22/13.	Corona Pass, looking NW, Rawlings Pass on the right, 09/22/13.	Elk Park Airport (34CD) looking NNE, note: all OK, hangar door is open, 09/22/13.	Elk Park Airport (34CD) looking N, runway is usable and dry, 09/22/13.	N89297, Cessna 140, returned from adventure, ready to put back in the hangar, 09/22/13.

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