4.5 Million Acres of Wilderness

   Fantastic day!!!  I went into places I've dreamed about going, over rocky ridges and 6000 ft valleys.  I will add links later, but today stated with Reed, a few landings at Landmark, then beautiful Bruce meadows and a stop at the infamous Sulphur Creek.  Pilots gather for breakfast, coffee and the amazing atmosphere of a back country lodge.
View across strip to south, Lalo's C185

Sam, me and Lalo, Team Oregon at Sulfur Creek

Sulfur Creek looking at eastern approach end

  This area is 4+ million acres of wilderness where there are no roads and no motorized traffic allowed.  Airports are designated trail heads so aviation maintains access to them,  At Indian Creek I was first on approach with 4 faster airplanes behind me.  One advised "that Cessna 172 better get off the runway quick" after I landed.  Apparently the river rafting operators are a bit pushy and had a schedule to meet with his rafting passengers, the fact that I had right of way didn't seem to enter into his plan.
  Nelson and his instructor Bart were stranded with a dead battery.  We stopped to help, but it was Art who made the commitment and hand propped the Cub to get it going.  I contributed the gloves (prop blades are sharp when you are pulling on them) and the video.

  Then we followed the middle fork of the Salmon River downstream to Thomas Creek and the one that impressed me most was Mahoney Creek, on a bluff at 4618 (density altitude about 6000), 2100 feet long.  I wish I could film this while it's happening, find it on you tube and it will blow you away.