Flying to Sedona
October 10-13, 2014
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First long cross-country and the first longer flight in the plane for Melissa! It was super calm on Friday so we flew down the East Side of the Sierra, taking the opportunity to enjoy the scenery and snap some photos. Some nice fall color! We stopped in Bishop to stretch our legs and continued onto Sedona via Death Valley and going just south of Vegas.

We met up with my parents in Sedona and had a great time touring around the great scenery, also going for a nice scenic flight on Sunday! We were planning on staying there until Tuesday originally. but unfortunately the weather was changing so we had to return on Monday. We departed Sedona around 12:30pm and made it home, going over the Grand Canyon and then directly through Nevada. We had about 10-15 knots of headwind most of the time so that delayed us a bit, but it was smooth going! Very interesting (and desolate) land there...

  Out and ready to go! Taking off from Truckee!  
  Out and ready to go! Taking off from Truckee!

   
 

  Twin Lakes by Bridgeport Twin Lakes  
  Twin Lakes by Bridgeport Twin Lakes

   
 

  Lundy Lake? Going to check out the Third Pillar  
  Lundy Lake? Going to check out the Third Pillar

  Mono Lake! Third Pillar and Tioga Pass It doesn't get any more beautiful than this!  
  Mono Lake! Third Pillar and Tioga Pass It doesn't get any more beautiful than this!

  Third Pillar in the foreground with even Cathedral Peak in the background! The iconic Third Pillar of Dana More Mono Lake  
  Third Pillar in the foreground with even Cathedral Peak in the background! The iconic Third Pillar of Dana More Mono Lake

  Mono Lake and highway 395  
  Mono Lake and highway 395

  June Lake  
  June Lake

  Mammoth. We've climbed on the ridge on the left and the ski hill is on the right. June Lake & Silver Lake Rock Creek?  
  Mammoth. We've climbed on the ridge on the left and the ski hill is on the right. June Lake & Silver Lake Rock Creek?

  Crowley Lake Convict Lake  
  Crowley Lake Convict Lake

  Bishop airport Owens River Gorge  
  Bishop airport Owens River Gorge

  Bishop! highway 395 with the awesome mountains to the west! Landing in Bishop, runway 30  
  Bishop! highway 395 with the awesome mountains to the west! Landing in Bishop, runway 30

  Bishop is surrounded by some big mountains! Melissa and Stanley  
  Bishop is surrounded by some big mountains! Melissa and Stanley

  Melissa flying  
  Melissa flying

  Somewhere over Death Valley  
  Somewhere over Death Valley

  Stovepipe wells airstrip, Death Valley Furnace Creek, Death Valley Furnace Creek airstrip below :)  
  Stovepipe wells airstrip, Death Valley Furnace Creek, Death Valley Furnace Creek airstrip below :)

  Trying to pick up flight following Clark Mountain, SW of Vegas  
  Trying to pick up flight following Clark Mountain, SW of Vegas

  Solar farm next to Clark Mountain Lake Mohave / Colorado river  
  Solar farm next to Clark Mountain Lake Mohave / Colorado river

  Kingman airport. No idea why there were so many large jets parked there!? Approaching Sedona  
  Kingman airport. No idea why there were so many large jets parked there!? Approaching Sedona

  Oak Creek south of Sedona Sedona airport on top of the mesa  
  Oak Creek south of Sedona Sedona airport on top of the mesa

  Melissa checking out the Citation Setting up to land at Sedona  
  Melissa checking out the Citation Setting up to land at Sedona

  Melissa and Stanley in Sedona!  
  Melissa and Stanley in Sedona!

   
 

  beautiful airplane! Gorgeous!  
  beautiful airplane! Gorgeous!

   
 

   
 

  Running in Flagstaff  
  Running in Flagstaff

   
 

   
 

  Not impressed with the bushwhacking we've done  
  Not impressed with the bushwhacking we've done

   
 

   
 

  Take-off from Sedona :) Sedona Pines  
  Take-off from Sedona :) Sedona Pines

  Humphreys Peak in the distance, 12,637' tall above Flagstaff  
  Humphreys Peak in the distance, 12,637' tall above Flagstaff

  Oak Creek canyon  
  Oak Creek canyon

  Sedona airport  
  Sedona airport

   
 

  Landing runway 3  
  Landing runway 3

   
 

  Oak Creek  
  Oak Creek

  Buddha beach Oak Creek  
  Buddha beach Oak Creek

   
 

   
 

   
 

  Goodbye!  
  Goodbye!

  Departing Sedona on the way home Colorado plateau, close to the Grand Canyon  
  Departing Sedona on the way home Colorado plateau, close to the Grand Canyon

  Grand Canyon! Grand Canyon!  
  Grand Canyon! Grand Canyon!

  Grand Canyon  
  Grand Canyon

  Mesquite airport by I-15 Melissa flying!  
  Mesquite airport by I-15 Melissa flying!

  Alamo, NV airstrip - in the middle of nowhere, Nevada Alamo, NV Mount Irish, 8743'  
  Alamo, NV airstrip - in the middle of nowhere, Nevada Alamo, NV Mount Irish, 8743'

  Some granite? Nearby Tonopah, NV Kawich Range just east of Tonopah, Nevada (over 9000' peaks) Approaching Tonopah  
  Some granite? Nearby Tonopah, NV Kawich Range just east of Tonopah, Nevada (over 9000' peaks) Approaching Tonopah

  Landing at Tonopah to stretch our legs Tonopah, happening place!  
  Landing at Tonopah to stretch our legs Tonopah, happening place!

  The small town of Tonopah Another solar farm  
  The small town of Tonopah Another solar farm

  Yerington airport East shore of Lake Tahoe (and Marlette Lake on the top left) Home!  
  Yerington airport East shore of Lake Tahoe (and Marlette Lake on the top left) Home!

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