I give up! Its easier to make a new one.

Google seems to be making some changes, and apparently I have been too busy with the Fly-in to wrap my mind around what they want me to do to get it all changed around. The old one was a pain anyway, due to the fact that I have a satellite internet provider that uses Gmail as their email provider. I had to sign out of Google and sign in to Wild blue to be able to sign in to Blog spot. Not being a patient type, I found that to be a bit more than I could stand.

This blog will be the same format or at least as close as I can get. Primarily it will be about hawking and any thing that I think will be remotely interesting, from fishing to flying the Firestar.

The Fly- in!

I haven't posted much of anything about out recent fly in, simply because I have been too busy. We had a total of 19 that stayed here and a total of 23 that came for the first weekend but did not stay. The one that came the longest distance was John Gilpin from Australia who is touring the US in an ultralight. Next was Henry Voris from Hawaii. There were friends from Alabama,Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Portland Ore, Washington and Idaho.

The weather was as usual a bit on the crappy side, but compared to the rest of the US, was quite balmy and nice. Just a bit too exciting to fly some times. On those days we went for a road trip. John Bickham had flown commercial from La. and picked up a car when he arrived at Boise, so that gave us room for 5 people. We also took our car, and either Bruce drove his truck or John took his, and that allowed all of us to go on the tours.

Leslie Gulch was the highlight of the road trips.

The rock formations in this area are truly awe inspiring.

  We also visited the Pillars of Rome for an afternoon. They are impressive as well, and every one had a great time checking out the local flora and fauna.

Karen and I set up the back porch as a cooking area, just to get some more room in the house, and it worked quite well. With two grills, a smoker, a deep fryer and a barby there just wasn't anything that couldn't be prepared. However even with 19 people the left overs were daunting. Although there were over achievers such as Henry every one chipped in to keep the dishes clean and the area picked up. We stocked up on paper plates, and most of the dirty plates were handled by lighting a fire in the burn barrel each morning.

Every one except John Gilpin, who is awaiting parts has departed for home, leaving Karen and I trying to adjust back to our normal lazy existence.