October 1969 Roll 2 | 6910b |
Slides 1 / 2 - Leaving on a trip to an abandoned World War II airstip in a remote area of Canada, I was accompanied by Max Hopkins and John Henderson; Slides 3 / 9 - Flying north in the airplane club's Musketeer; Slides 10 / 11 - Approaching Ottawa International Airport; Slide 12 - I was asked to do a 360 to allow a faster jet to get past me, you can see it in the center of the picture; Slide 13 - Landing at Ottawa for customs inspection; Slides 14 / 16 - Continuing farther north into Canada; Slides 17 / 18 - Approach to Lac-des-Loups Airport (to find this airport, go to Google Maps and use Latitude and Longitude (search maps.google.com for 46.983, -76.482); Slide 19 - The view on the ground; Slide 20 - Campfire; Slide 21 - Our Tent; Slide 22 - An aerial tour, our campsite is in the center of the picture; Slide 23 - We hiked into a small town nearby; Slide 24 - Back at the airstrip, you can see the plane in the center of the picture; Slides 25 / 26 - Max is searching for a mouse that made his home in the backpack; Slide 27 - It was cold at night, so I wore pajama tops on my legs to stay warm; Slide 28 - On the way back home; Slide 29 - Max and John (on the wing) back home at Robbinsville Airport; Slide 30 - Max; Slide 31 - The End; Slides 32 / 33 - Darryl was waiting for me when I got home; Slide 34 - Martha with Darryl and Jackie Gastrock; Slide 35 - Martha and Darryl; Slides 36 / 37 - Jackie; Slide 38 - Martha and Darryl.