Caveman Fly In 2012

[29singlespeed]

good times out there last night with the supermoon and copious amounts beverages -- man my head hurts. Nice work on Rob getting in 'late' and landing perfectly.

[iceman]

Wow... made it back at 12:30 580 miles with a 35 mPH tail wind going on Thurs and a 25 MPH tail wind coming home... Doesn't happen that often but is sure sweet... didn't know My Maule would be able to see 160 MPH ground speeds... left at 6:20 AM this morning after coffee with two stops... Valle and Havasu City..... Thanks so much to Rod Paula and Hunter for a great weekend.. what a fabulous place ... sleeping in a cave is great... can't hear a thing going on outside .. hopefully next time we'll have 3 full days of no wind and better flying although what we did have was great....

[OregonMaule]

Back safe. Great time!! Thanks to all who came. Biggest gathering ever at Caveman. 58 airplanes. 11 Maules.

Cheers

[Idahomauledriver]

It is nice to see all the people we met down at Caveman checking in and letting everyone know they made it home safely. Great location, great people and a great time. Rita and I enjoyed meeting you all. See you at JC 2012.

Paul

[Magnet]

Great fly in. Great hosts and hosteses. It was nice to put the names to the faces, especially OregonMaul, thought he was the pig. Terrific group, everyone lending a hand when needed, I'm proud to be a part of it.

Back to Albuquerque in 2 hrs 57 min in my 100HP Rans S7.

Enjoyed the shows put on by Pops, Swingle and Blue. Hope to make it to JC.

Arnold

[Grassstrippilot]

Finally home!!! Left this morning around 9am with a fuel stop in Huntington. No tailwinds for us! But they did let up once we got around Provo. Then, with home in sight, approach tells us that OGD is closed due to a 310 that forgot to put his gear down while doing pattern work. So, landed at Bountiful and were stuck there for the next 5 hours. No pilot lounge, no bathrooms, no courtesy car, no water, etc. Not a big fan of BTF now. Luckily the Papa Johns guy delivered and there was a church across the street for a bathroom. The kids were good and took it well. Finally, at 1530, they got the runway cleared. We found out about it at 4pm and hurried up the road.

Thanks to Rod, Paula, Hunter, Johnny, and Gary for another outstanding fly-in! It was so good to see so many planes there and to meet so many new people. Hope everyone made it home safe. Pics and video to come in the days/weeks ahead.

Cory, Dee, Adam, Sadie, Tyler, and Sprocket

[tucsonwis]

Another successful Caveman Adventure............ Many thanks to Rod, Paula, Hunter, Johnny & Gary for making the event so enjoyable. Great company, very tasty food, and a chance to see everyone and get caught up on the latest of everything.

Looking forward to the next get-together...........

Jim & Dianne

[the-adam]

My http://the-adam.com/stuff/htm/moab2012a.html week in Moab was terrific and Caveman Ranch and Mack Mesa made it Ever-So-Much-More-So. I had light headwinds Saturday for my flight back to Phoenix Deer Valley (DVT). Look at all them airplanes down there!

[aktahoe1]

Just home from Alaska and envious as hell. Really wanted to make it to the Cave! Looked like a good time. Looking forward to JC next month!

Adam- I hope you dont fly in those shorts you wear...

[Wild Thing]

I had a wonderful time and it was so great to reunite with so many people Kevin and I have met in Idaho. Kevin finally returned home tonight and said he spoke to some people from the flyin when he was at 45000 en route to San Francisco.

I hope to see everyone in Idaho somewhere this summer---will be venturing around!

Victoria otherwise known Wild Thing

[OregonMaule]

Shootin' for Sat am. Bringing the Family in the 206...

It was good to see you Tom!

[OregonMaule]

I'll see you all tomorrow!

Planning on a 0930 departure.. I think the weather enroute will determine if we spend the day at Mack or Caveman (either way, we'll go to Mack for the BBQ)... More bumpy = less fun flying so if it's bumpy then we'll just keep the load and hang out at Mack then go to Caveman after the BBQ..

Regardless of the wind, we'll have a GREAT time!

Fly safe everyone! Canyons and wind make for some scary shiznit!

Please keep an eye on my SPOT link -->> (my wife watches it, but the more the merrier)

It was nice to meet you Cory: That is one cool sounding beast.

Cheers...Rob

[hicountry]

Made it back home to SNY about 7:30PM after a stop in Glenwood Springs to see Garry (who didn't make it over the "Hill" from GXY). Mel & Mike made it back to GXY with only a stop at Mexican Mountain (they were going to do Cedar Mountain and Hidden Splendor) but had generater problems. Good to see everyone even though I drove.
Many thanks to Paula, Rod, Hunter & Johnny for theis hospitality..and to Gary ( finally got to finish off one of his Margaritas)!
Ernie

[Coyote Ugly]

What an awesome weekend. Great conversations, fantastic food, unbelievable flying, outstanding margaritas, and truely the best friends. Thanks everyone for everything. Teresa had a really really good time too, thanks to you all....

[shortfielder]

Too much fun

Thanks to Rod, Paula, Hunter, Johnny, and all those that put the effort in to coming to this great place.
Tom Lawler won the poker run with an ace high straight. I think it was around $500. Donated it back to Rod and family for their efforts to put on this event. Very generous classy act Tom. His plane will be on next years shirt. I was hopin to win and get my truck on next years shirt But I am glad Tom won.

They did an amazing job on this years shirt with Cory/Dee's plane on it. If someone can, post a picture of the shirt showing the details they put into these shirt, that'd be cool.

OrygunMaule..Thanks for runnin me around in the Maule. Made it a great day for me.

To the folks that bought breakfasts and that donated into my jug to help me get back into the air, thankyou very much. I greatly appreciate it.

Cya next year, or maybe sooner when I get back in the air
Gary

[windy]

It was an awesome weekend with an awesome group of friends! Many thanks to Rod, Paula, Hunter, Johnny and Gary for all their hard work to make it a great weekend of fun and flying. Sorry I ended up being 'in charge' of the weather all weekend ("windy" ). Hope to see everyone back at Caveman Ranch again next year or at one of the fly-ins in the meantime.

windy

[Glidergeek]

Had one heck of a good time again (2nd year) Rod, Paula and Hunter thanks again Good seeing everybody again and meeting some new ones. Gary Thanks for organizing one great flyin And what a great group of pilots nobody broke anything

[m7flyer]

Made it home this afternoon, Got a little beat up over the desert but had a 10-15 kt tailwind so no complaints.
Had such a great time thanks to the hospitality of Rod, Paula and Hunter. The resort is one of the best fly ins I have ever been to. can't wait till next time.

[soyAnarchisto]

Well I had a shit-ton o' fun, too! Thanks so much to Blu for hauling me around on Saturday - and to Gary for putting this all together - and to Rod and Hunter for hosting. Next year I hope to be flying in something of my own.

I met a bunch of cool folks.

'Greg

[m7flyer]

This was our first nights camping on top of Cedar Mt. A great remote campsite




Looking down at Windy on the way to Mack Mesa for dinner.


On Dirty Devil with Hector.


Paul touching down at Mineral Canyon

The downwind shot of Caveman on Saturday