{"id":1736,"date":"2013-05-27T23:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T23:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2013-05-27T23:26:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T23:26:59","slug":"caveman-fly-in-moab-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=1736","title":{"rendered":"Caveman Fly-in &#8211; Moab, Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a great weekend in Utah at the Caveman Ranch. It would be very hard for me to put down in words the efforts that go into making this fly-in such a success. Rod, Paula and Hunter have a great spot on the Colorado River 15 minutes from the Moab airport. The backcountry flying possibilities in the area are endless. If you don&#8217;t own a copy of the book &#8220;Fly Utah&#8221; you need to get it. It has details about each strip that should not be missed.<\/p>\n<p>Details here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mountainflying.com\/products\/fly_utah.html\">Fly Utah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, here are only a few of the 400 plus photos I took.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1737\" title=\"IMG_0937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0937.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0937-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1738\" title=\"IMG_0789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0789.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0789-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a shot from behind the lodge with Old Glory flying high!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0801.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"IMG_0801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0801.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0801-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Here from above you can see the &#8220;Windex farm&#8221; along with the ranch, strip, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1740\" title=\"IMG_0969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0969.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0969-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The ponds are hard to miss. I wonder what it really is? They say its Potash&#8230;thats a cleaning material for steel of some sorts. I wonder what it would do to Bushwheels?? Can you imagine a photo of someone water skiing here? Me too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1741\" title=\"IMG_0988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0988.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0988.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0988-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This guy needs to eat more&#8230;The shirt is fitting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1742\" title=\"IMG_0993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0993.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0993-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>I cannot remember all of the names to these places but here are a few photos that show the area. I ended up landing at 11 different strips.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1736 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0937.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_0937-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl 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loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5605_zpsd894fd04.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5605_zpsd894fd04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>If you would like to see more of my 400 plus photos and trip reports from the others that attended please follow these two links.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/115528061092467996033\/BCPCAVEMANFLYIN2013\">Caveman photo album<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backcountrypilot.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=34&amp;t=12666\">Caveman thread on Backcountrypilot.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a great weekend in Utah at the Caveman Ranch. It would be very hard for me to put down in words the efforts that go into making this fly-in such a success. Rod, Paula and Hunter have a great spot on the Colorado River 15 minutes from the Moab airport. The backcountry flying possibilities in the area are endless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1763,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions\/1763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}