ALVORD DESERT, OR

A V L O R D • D E S E R T || flying trip

This weekend my Dad and I left to go camping on the Alvord Desert with some friends. Some amazing people that love sharing joy. We extended the adventure and went for a wild scenic flight to places Oregon pilots dream of finding.

Alvord- I was able to fly 10ft above ground at 120mph for miles while turning and racing motorcycles! We used the plane to visit different groups of people, new friends who were sailing on land windsurfers. We also used the plane to fly to an exclusive dinner on the playa floor. Who needs a car when you have a plane!

Land of lava- we definitely weren’t able to land, so we flew cover just a little bit of feilds of lava and old craters. I felt as if we were on a different planet or in a movie.

Rome- that’s right, Oregon has a town of Rome. Is there anything there? Haha nope, but it’s a famous gravel strip. We stopped and had some fun taking advantage of the fastness!

Rome Station- dusty dirt strip. We taxied onto the road and to a normal gas station to fill the airplanes. There we ran into Kieth! He is in a famous Youtubers videos. He didn’t know until this weekend he is famous! His reaction was priceless! We gassed up along side a Jeep and went to fly through the Rome pillars.

Owyhee State Airstrip & the Hilton- this is Oregon’s one and only backcountry state park. The landing strip looked like a rollercoaster and was only about 6ft in width. All dirt. There’s also an old shack called the Hilton on the island. Only accessible by boat or airplane. Check out the video to see the Hilton. We sat on the porch and watched the bird hunt for their food. As we took off from the dirt strip we took off like a ski jump!

Feilds Station- this is not a runway. We landed on the road!! As we taxied into the town we had to dodge the road signs. We went and got the world famous milkshakes! Yes, they were good!

Went landed at a few other airports along the way Prineville, burns, Sunriver and back to HIO. This was an unbelievable trip that so many talk about doing, I feel absolutely lucky to have done it! We saw different versions of Yellowstone, vast valleys of colorful rocks, pink water, so much more. Oregon is beautiful! The Alvord Desert is quite the place too. I closed my eyes and ran for miles in the dark. Into the abyss. It’s an extremely surreal feeling.

I hope you all are able to enjoy the video as these are some places that you can’t see from a car.

As always,
#livinthefairytale