Day 4 - Lake Powell, Utah |
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| OK, back on the Colorado River. I've flown it before and knew what to expect: a tall, narrow canyon. | ||||||
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| After awhile I was in the Orange Cliffs area which has some nice buttes. | ||||||
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| Yes, there is a bridge down there. There aren't all that many of them crossing the Colorado River. | ||||||
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| A good look at the Orange Cliffs. | ||||||
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| The river starts turning into Lake Powell. | ||||||
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| It's definately Lake Powell now. | ||||||
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I came to the Bullfrog Basin area where there are a couple of marinas; once on each side of the Lake.
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| I headed over to Cal Black Memorial airport a short distance to the east. There aren't many airports around here and even less that have fuel, so I figured I would stop, top off the fuel tanks, and stretch my legs. I didn't know what to expect from this airport as it is very remote and was only one comment on it from Feb 2014 in AirNav.com. I was surprised at how nice the runway looked from the air. I had expected to see some half dirt runway, not a new, modern airport. | ||||||
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The fuel p;ump isn't self-service but the FBO attendant met me right away and fueled me up. Turns out he was an ex-Navy P-3 guy like myself. Small world.
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| The terminal had a nice little lounge to relax in. They may have a courtesy car but I think the only place to go is the marina. The airport is named after San Juan County commissioner Calvin Black who had built a short, dirt landing strip near the Halls Crossing Marina on Lake Powell. They built this airport to replace it and named it after Cal. | ||||||
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| I had taken this picture of what I thought might be an old runway as I approached the marina. I bet this is Cal's old dirt strip. | ||||||
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| I didn't "need" fuel but I topped off anyways. I like to fly on the top half of my tanks out here in the west. Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it, I always say. | ||||||
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| Another look at Cal Black airport as I departed. Glad I stopped. Nice airport. | ||||||
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Heading back to Lake Powell.
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| Boater's paradise. | ||||||
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The second marina on the north side. I was just crossing Lake Powell to fly north-northwest up Capital Reef National Park which I haven't flown before. |
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