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Mid-west Fly-in camping?
Every year, since his feet could reach the pegs, my son and I have done a
motorcycle camping trip together. This year, at age 13, his feet can comfortably reach the rudder pedals -- so now we're talking about doing a flying/camping trip, too. Can anyone suggest a fly-in campground within, say 500 miles of Iowa City? I know of a few in Kentucky (Kentucky Dam and Lake Barkley), and one in Missouri (Gaston's Resort) -- but can anyone recommend any of these (or others) in particular? Thanks! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:aVAnc.1483$UQ.158837@attbi_s51... Every year, since his feet could reach the pegs, my son and I have done a motorcycle camping trip together. This year, at age 13, his feet can comfortably reach the rudder pedals -- so now we're talking about doing a flying/camping trip, too. Can anyone suggest a fly-in campground within, say 500 miles of Iowa City? I know of a few in Kentucky (Kentucky Dam and Lake Barkley), and one in Missouri (Gaston's Resort) -- but can anyone recommend any of these (or others) in particular? Come on out to Schafer Meadows(8U2) July 16-18 and help the Montana Pilots Assoc maintain this airstrip. It is the only strip we have in Montana that is actually in the Wilderness area(Poor planning on our part when Wilderness areas were invented) You'll work about three hours on Saturday morning, it's pretty easy since there are way too many workers for the amount of work. It's really a two and a half day party. We will feed you Saturday night. The owner of one of the FBO's in Great Falls flies in the dinner with several trips in his 310. Last year he flew in 250 pounds of ribs from Famous Daves, along with 3 Famous Daves employees to cook and serve it all. We had steaks one year, burgers another, shrimp and lobster another. You never know what you're going to get. Bring your swimsuits and your fishing poles. You won't find better looking scenery anywhere. It's an easy mountain strip as it is only a couple of ridge lines into the mountains. Granted it's twice as far as you're looking to go but I can absolutely guarantee perfect weather once you are west of the Missouri. |
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Granted it's twice as far as you're looking to go but I can absolutely
guarantee perfect weather once you are west of the Missouri. Wow -- now THAT is a tall claim! :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:njCnc.60772$kh4.3765990@attbi_s52... Granted it's twice as far as you're looking to go but I can absolutely guarantee perfect weather once you are west of the Missouri. Wow -- now THAT is a tall claim! Every day, from approx June 15 to October 1 has perfect flying weather. Clear to partly cloudy, light winds. The occasional T-storm in the afternoon. |
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Newps wrote: Come on out to Schafer Meadows(8U2) July 16-18 and help the Montana Pilots Assoc maintain this airstrip. That's great! I was looking for an excuse to go to 8U2. The picture of it on airnav is gorgeous. Is there a web page about this flyin? Should we bring rakes, shovels, etc? -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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"Jay Honeck" writes:
Can anyone suggest a fly-in campground within, say 500 miles of Iowa City? I know of a few in Kentucky (Kentucky Dam and Lake Barkley), and one in Missouri (Gaston's Resort) -- but can anyone recommend any of these (or others) in particular? We like Rough River State Park (2I3) in Kentucky (335NM from Iowa City). https://aviationtoolbox.org/Members/...lon=-91.546503 We just fly in for food and golf http://lairds.org/Kyler/photos/disk0...g/image_viewer but they have decent-looking facilities there for campers. Sadly, my favorite, Shades State Park (Waveland, IN) has closed their strip. --kyler |
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your not kidding, that would be a nice place to fly to.
your montana and wyoming guys should post some pics of montana from the air. Ben Jackson wrote: In article , Newps wrote: Come on out to Schafer Meadows(8U2) July 16-18 and help the Montana Pilots Assoc maintain this airstrip. That's great! I was looking for an excuse to go to 8U2. The picture of it on airnav is gorgeous. Is there a web page about this flyin? Should we bring rakes, shovels, etc? -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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In article , Newps
wrote: Come on out to Schafer Meadows(8U2) July 16-18 and help the Montana Pilots Assoc maintain this airstrip. It is the only strip we have in Montana that is actually in the Wilderness area(Poor planning on our part when Wilderness areas were invented) You'll work about three hours on Saturday morning, it's pretty easy since there are way too many workers for the amount of work. It's really a two and a half day party. We will feed you Saturday night. The owner of one of the FBO's in Great Falls flies in the dinner with several trips in his 310. Last year he flew in 250 pounds of ribs from Famous Daves, along with 3 Famous Daves employees to cook and serve it all. We had steaks one year, burgers another, shrimp and lobster another. You never know what you're going to get. Bring your swimsuits and your fishing poles. You won't find better looking scenery anywhere. It's an easy mountain strip as it is only a couple of ridge lines into the mountains. Granted it's twice as far as you're looking to go but I can absolutely guarantee perfect weather once you are west of the Missouri. I want to do that next year! We already have family plans at that time this year, so I will keep some time open for next year's. |
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 11:17:57 GMT, David Martin
wrote: Jay, Actually, Gaston's is here in Northern Arkansas. Should you decide to fly into Gaston's, you should do some homework on their strip. Some have had fatal accidents attempting to land or depart Gaston's. The problem is cliffs (bluffs), trees and power lines. Gaston's would otherwise be a wonderful get-a-way. I've been to Gastons several times both to stay overnight and simply eat and I would second the recommendation for Gaston's as a nice get-a-way with a Sunday brunch which is about as good as you will find anywhere. The restaurant extends over the white river and the accomodations, either cabins (actually read duplexes here) or the larger buildings with rooms like a motel are really nice. Nice pool and some hiking trails around. I would certainly investigate the camping since there may be no facility for that. But as a family outing it is tops. If you like to fish then you have an added bonus. The strip is not difficult and once on final you find it is longer, effectively, than you might think since you land at a slight uphill (taking off downhill) and the grass always looks like a golf course it is cut so nicely. The approach, once turned on final, is great, so get on down to land on the first part of the runway. It should be no problem for any single or light twin who is paying attention and following good speed control. ....Edwin -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Edwin Johnson ....... ~ ~ http://www.shreve.net/~elj ~ ~ ~ ~ "Once you have flown, you will walk the ~ ~ earth with your eyes turned skyward, ~ ~ for there you have been, there you long ~ ~ to return." -- da Vinci ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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