Yreka Trip

10/21/2003

Here are some pictures of Gary Evans' and my trip to Yreka. We had to do a few hours of work at the City of Yreka wastewater treatment plant. Gary is a private pilot, so we decided to save some time by flying up there. The plane was a Piper Archer that Gary rented from the West Valley Flying Club. The best part of the trip was that Gary let me fly the plane for over an hour on the way home! I got off to a shaky start, but got the hang of it after some great instructions from Gary and a little bit of practice. Click on any of the thumbnails for a full sized image. Enjoy!

An exterior shot of the plane. I got this image from the West Valley Flying Club's website. I regret not having taken at least one picture of the outside of the plane myself.

  Gary checks the flight plan before takeoff

  The Elsbree-Hastings compound at 11100 and 11184 Eastside Rd. (Plus a few neighbors. We don't own that much land!)

  A shot of Lake Sonoma and Warm Springs Dam

  First glimpse of Mt. Shasta on the Horizon. Upper Central Valley in the foreground.

  Playing with f-stop and exposure time

  First glimpse of Lake Shasta

  A shot of Lake Shasta showing a quarry in the foreground

  Past Lake Shasta, heading North toward Mt. Shasta

  Typical rugged terrain North of Lake Shasta

  Cool rock formation directly West of Mt. Shasta

  A couple shots of Mt. Shasta

  Black Butte obscured by the propeller. It looks like a pile of gravel from the air.

  Before and after landing in Yreka (actually Montague)

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