2021-10-22-Utah-Backcountry: Rick Turley and Jer/ Eberhard flew Rick's gorgeous Cessna 182 into the Utah Backcountry to explore some of the backcountry airstrips around Bryce Canyon and Lake Powell, Utah. We landed at some strips and only made "shopping" low passes at some other strips. We stayed two nights at Ruby's at Bryce Canyon, UT. "Fun" in the backcountry!!! 10/22/2021.

	At KFNL, looking W to Longs Peak, 14,259 MSL, 10/22/21	Blue Angels C130 still at KFNL after the airshow, 10/22/21	Carter Lake west shore, looking N, do not see the NOTAMed blasting area, 10/22/21	Longs Peak, looking W, 1, 10/22/21	Longs Peak, looking W, 2, 10/22/21

	Elk Park Ranch (34CD), looking NW, note hangar at west end 10/22/21	Continental Divide, Buchanan Pass, Sawtooth Mountain to the left, looking WSW, 1, 10/22/21	Continental Divide, Buchanan Pass, Sawtooth Mountain to the left, looking WSW, 1, 10/22/21	Looking S over Sawtooth Mountain at Buchanan Pass, 10/22/21	Across Buchanan Pass, looking W at Lake Granby, Arapahoe Bay campground in the foreground, 10/22/21

	Granby Airport (KGNB), CO, looking W at RWY-27, 10/22/21	Looking WNW over Hot Sulphur Springs, CO, 10/22/21	Looking W to Kremmling Airport (20V), CO, RWY-27, 10/22/21	Eagle Airport (KEGE), CO, RWY-25 under the strut, 10/22/21	Cottonwood Pass, looking SW toward Aspen and the Maroon Bells, 1, 10/22/21

	Cottonwood Pass, looking SW toward Aspen and the Maroon Bells, 2, 10/22/21	Jer/ Eberhard (L) and Rick Turley (R) enjoying mountain flying, 10/22/21	North Fork Valley Airport (7V2), Paonia, CO, RWY-25 is on the mesa beyond town, looking SSW, 10/22/21	Fueling at 7V2, airport terminal and courtesy car in the background, 10/22/21	North Fork Valley Airport (7V2) on RWY-23, looking WNW to ramp. Call the Airport Manager for courtesy car access, 10/22/21

	Delta Airport (KAJZ), CO, 10/22/21	Dolores Point Airport, Land RWY-14, Takeoff RWY-32, 10/22/21	Dolores Point, looking NW at RWY-32, 10/22/21	Dolores Point sign requesting vehicles to keep off runway, 10/22/21	Looking NNW for takeoff RWY-32, Dolores Point, CO, 10/22/21

	Access roads at Dolores Point Airport, 10/22/21	Hubbard Airport (9CO3), Gateway, CO, looking NE to Gateway, CO, 10/22/21	Hubbard Airport (9CO3), Gateway, CO, Land RWY-18, Takeoff RWY-36, 10/22/21	Departing Hubbard, Northbound, RWY-36, 10/22/21	Off Hubbard, circling Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa, CO, 1, 10/22/21

	Off Hubbard, circling Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa, CO, 2, 10/22/21	Off Hubbard, circling Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa, CO, 3, 10/22/21	Looking W across Gateway, Hubbard RWY-18/36 at top, 1, 10/22/21	Looking W across Gateway, Hubbard RWY-18/36 at top, 2, 10/22/21	Looking W across Gateway, Hubbard RWY-18/36 at top, 3, 10/22/21

	Looking W across Gateway, Hubbard RWY-18/36 at top, 4, 10/22/21	Navajo Mountain in the haze, 10/22/21	Monument Valley rock outcroppings, 10/22/21	Goosenecks on the San Juan River, 10/22/21	Looking SE at Goosenecks, enroute Gouldings Lodge at Monument Valley, 10/22/21

	Gouldings Lodge at Monument Valley beyond the tail, for lunch, 10/22/21	Picture thru the bus window, looking S, Arts and gift shop at Gouldings Lodge, 10/22/21	Office, Gouldings Museum and movie house at Gouldings Lodge 10/22/21	Up the stairs for lunch at The Stagecoach Dining Room, 10/22/21	Looking N to the airport: Gouldings Lodge at Monument Valley, 10/22/21

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	Monuments in the distance, 10/22/21	Still under the mask. Do we have to have the hat? Note: the road and monument is a reflection in the door. 10/22/21	Gouldings Monument Valley Museum plaque, 10/22/21	Looking SSW to Gouldings Lodge and services in the shadow, 10/22/21	360 degree view from the Monument Valley Airport (UT25), 10/22/21

	Preflighting N8768M before taking off on RWY-34, 10/22/21	Lake Powell and Bullfrog Basin, looking N, 1, 10/22/21	Lake Powell and Bullfrog Basin, looking N, 2, 10/22/21	Enroute to Nokai Dome Airport, 10/22/21	Navajo Mountain, looking WSW, 10/22/21

	Looking N toward Bullfrog Bay, Lake Powell, 10/22/21	Looking ENE toward Lake Powell, Painted Wall. Moki Canyon entrance to the right, 10/22/21	Halls Crossing, boat slips, looking N to Bullfrog Bay, 10/22/21	Halls Crossing Ferry ramp, old Halls Crossing Airport in the foreground, 10/22/21	Charles Hall Ferry at Halls Crossing, UT, 10/22/21

	Bullfrog houseboat buoy field, looking N, 10/22/21	Lake Powell Painted Wall and Moki Canyon entrance, looking SE, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Basin school and infrastructure, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Basin housing, buoy field and covered slips, 1, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Basin housing, buoy field and covered slips, 2, 10/22/21

	Bullfrog Basin housing, buoy field and covered slips, 3, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Basin Airport (U07), UT ramp, looking E. Verizon cell phone works here, AT&T cell does not. 10/22/21	Departing Bullfrog Basin Airport RWY-1, looking N to Offshore Marina, further to Ticaboo Lodge, 10/22/21	Lake Powell, Offshore Marine, N of Bullfrog Basin, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Bay, looking SSW toward Navaho Mountain, 10/22/21

	Bullfrog Bay, looking S, 1, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Bay, looking S, 2, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Bay, looking S, 3, 10/22/21	Bullfrog Bay, looking S, 4, 10/22/21	Escalante Muni Airport (1L7), UT, looking WNW to RWY-31, 10/22/21

	Escalante UT, looking NW, 10/22/21	Escalante Muni Airport (1L7), UT, looking NW to RWY-31, 10/22/21, 10/22/21	Escalante Muni Airport looking E, Henry Mountains in background, 10/22/21, 10/22/21	Escalante Muni Airport, right base, landing RWY-13, 10/22/21	Rick Turley with N8768M at Escalante Muni Airport (1L7), UT, 10/22/21

	Escalante Muni Airport sign-in roster and local information board, 10/22/21	Escalante Muni Airport sign-in sheet, note Brad Reak from KFNL at the top, 10/22/21	Escalante airport pilot lounge with access to kitchen, restroom and shower, 10/22/21	Escalante airport pilot lounge and courtesy car, 10/22/21	Escalante RAF shelter center, steps to airport pilot lounge, 10/22/21

	Escalante RAF shelter, looking E, 1, 10/22/21	Escalante RAF shelter, 2, 10/22/21	Escalante RAF shelter, note wood pile, 4, 10/22/21	Escalante RAF shelter, note wood pile, 5, 10/22/21	Escalante airport, departing RWY-13, 10/22/21

	Bryce Canyon Airport (KBCE), UT, looking SE toward interesting rock formations, 10/22/21	Bryce Canyon Airport (KBCE), UT, wind sock, looking SE, 10/22/21	N8768M tied down at Bryce Canyon, 10/22/21	Rick at the Bryce Canyon Airport terminal building, 10/22/21	Bryce Canyon Airport log hangar, sadly in disrepair, 1, 10/22/21

	Bryce Canyon Airport log hangar, sadly in disrepair, 2, 10/22/21	Ebike Rentals at Bryce Canyon Airport, 10/22/21	Rick at Bryce Canyon, UT, Ruby's Inn checkin, 10/22/21	Fireplace in Ruby's Inn lobby, 10/22/21	Video introduction to Ruby's Inn, and Bryce Canyon Adventures, 10/22/21

	Parowan Airport (1L7), UT, looking down RWY-4, 10/23/21	Right downwind Parowan RWY-22, 10/23/21	Short final Parowan RWY-22, 10/23/21	We are going to land on the next dry lakebed west (left corner of pic), 10/23/21	We are going "shop" the IBEX dry lakebed beyond the one below us. 10/23/21

	After "shopping" IBEX dry lakebed, we will use this island for LVR="Last Visual Reference" for vertical guidance, 10/23/21	We see some campers on the west shore of IBEX dry lakebed, 10/23/21	We are on left downwind, for landing S on the other side of the island, just beyond it. 10/23/21	Rick with N8768M on the dry lakebed, 10/23/21	Dads and kids, visitors after we landed, 10/23/21

	N8768M on the dry lakebed, looking NW, 10/23/21	Hanksville Airport (KHVE), UT, Rick at lunch, 10/23/21	Angel Point Airport (US-1486), UT, RWY11/29, looking SE, 10/23/21	We found an operating ELT at Angel Point and reported it to FSS, 1, 10/23/21	Airplane wreck at Angel Point, 2, 10/23/21

	Airplane wreck at Angel Point, 3, 10/23/21	Happy Canyon Airport, UT, 1, 10/23/21	Happy Canyon Airport, UT, 2, 10/23/21	Lake Powell UT-95 bridge at Hite, looking NE, 1, 10/23/21	Lake Powell UT-95 bridge at Hite, looking NE, 2, 10/23/21

	Lake Powell UT-95 bridge at Hite, looking E, 3, 10/23/21	Hite Airport (UT03), UT, centerline, center, left, 1, 10/23/21	Hite Airport, (UT03), UT centerline, center, left, 2, 10/23/21	Hite Airport, (UT03), UT centerline, center, far left, looking NW 3, 10/23/21	Rough terrain enroute westbound back to Bryce Canyon, 10/23/21

	Bryce Canyon Airport (KBCE), parked on the main ramp, 1, 10/24/21	Bryce Canyon Airport (KBCE), parked on the main ramp, 2, 10/24/21	Bullfrog Basin houseboat buoy field, looking S, 1, 10/24/21	Bullfrog Basin houseboat buoy field, looking S, 2, 10/24/21	Bullfrog Basin houseboat buoy field, looking S, 3, 10/24/21

	Bullfrog Basin houseboat buoy field, looking S, 4, 10/24/21	Fry Canyon Airport (UT74), UT, stuck in the soft dirt, 1, 10/24/21	Fry Canyon Airport (UT74), UT, stuck in the soft dirt, 2, 10/24/21	Cortez Airport (KCEZ), CO, flyby, looking down RWY-21, 1, 10/24/21	Cortez Airport (KCEZ), CO, flyby, looking down RWY-21, 2, 10/24/21

	Cortez Airport (KCEZ) flyby, looking down RWY-21, 3, 10/24/21	Amazing road on top of the mesa, 10/24/21	Durango Airport (KDRO), CO, looking SE, 1, 10/24/21	Durango Airport (KDRO), CO, looking SE, 2, 10/24/21	Lux Field Airport (25CD), CO, in South Park, 1, 10/24/21

	Lux Field Airport (25CD), CO, in South Park, 2, 10/24/21	Lux Field Airport (25CD), CO, in South Park, 3, 10/24/21	Lux Field Airport (25CD), CO, in South Park, 4, 10/24/21	Lux Field Airport (25CD), CO, in South Park, 5, 10/24/21

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