Ed Cesnalis Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Flying home from Saline Valley on Sunday I saw hundreds of acres of yellow flowers on Sherwin Grade. Here's a close-up shot by my friend John Dittli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdarza Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Quite spectacular !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Jefts Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I had a memorable flight, I have crossed Saline Valley many times but this was the first time it was the focus of my trip and I was awestruck by the beauty. This stock photo is a good example. and this So I was trying out Garmin Pilot on my tablet and headed for the chicken strip using the coordinates that I found 5 different places on the web. Yup used those cooridnates from this official sign located at this federally operated strip and it was off by 20 miles. It took me a while to figure it out and the wrong coordinates occupy the same spot in the north end of Panimint Valley that the chicken strip occupies in the north end of Saline Valley and I see where the wrong numbers came from. Whoever made this sign pointed at a chart after visiting the site and did a pretty fair job pinpointing it but missed by 20some miles and now those wrong numbers are published on a lot of web sites. Below is adjacent Eureka Valley. We used to hold full moon fly-ins that included moonlight paragliding launches off of the dunes, highest dunes in north America I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Did you leave the camera in the plane or was there nothing photo-worthy in the hot spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 I intentionally fly without a camera when I find my flying skills gathering rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 The hot spring at the Chicken Strip is, famously, a nude swimming hole. It's extremely remote and difficult to get to by car; 4-wheel drive only, many hours from pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Did you leave the camera in the plane or was there nothing photo-worthy in the hot spring? Its always old fat guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Koerner Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Well, two out of the three the last time I was there... there were some women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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