Jeffs' Flight Log, 2016 Highlights
This is a highlight reel from all my flights of 2016. It has a lot of cool places that haven't made it into one of my videos before. The uncharted Anasazi ruins scattered around New Mexico, the window in the Rio Puerco valley, the strongholds at Banco del la Casa and Mesa Pueblo, the Blue Hole Spring in the middle of nowhere, Laguna del Perro, Needle Pinnacle, gypsum lake takeoffs at the NM/TX state line. Plus a lot of my favorite spots you may have seen before including 4 season views over the Manzano Mountains, low cruises through the Caldron of Hell and the Jaws of Death, and high altitude flights over Colorado.
My 2016 totals were 49 flying days, 123.4 hours, 7404 miles, 140 landings.
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00:05 Bosque Peak in winter
00:11 Manzano Foothills in winter
00:17 Crane flock
00:28 Finger Mesa south of Ladron Peak
00:34 Needle Pinnacle, south of Acoma
00:40 Weird HooDoo butte south of Acoma
00:45 Pronghorn on the plains
00:51 Laguna del Perro salt flat
00:57 Hidden Pools west of Belen
01:02 Valley of the Horses
01:08 the Bump
01:14 North Caldron of Hell Basin
01:19 the Swimming Pool, travertine spring
01:25 Rio San Jose canyon
01:31 Sedillo Land Grant headquarters ruins
01:36 Rio Salado Box
01:48 Farms near Dell City, TX
01:52 Takeoff from a Gypsum Lakebed, near Dell City
01:59 the Monolith
02:05 Cerro Vacio, in the Valley of Volcanoes near Mt Taylor
02:10 Rio Grande during spring runoff
02:16 Rio Grande valley farms in summer
02:22 Approaching the "Amber Hills", west of Belen
02:27 a canyon through the Amber Hills
02:33 following Paul's trike through Jaws of Death Canyon
02:39 right in the middle of the Jaws of Death
02:44 low pass through the North Caldron of Hell basin
02:50 the Swimming Pool, with algae mats, yuck
02:56 low pass over the Hidden Pools
03:01 meditation rock gardens south of Belen Airport
03:07 low pass of green fields in the Rio Grande valley
03:13 "Golden Gate" bridge over the Rio Grande near Belen
03:18 Valle de Grulla (cranes) in the Jemez Mtns
03:30 climbing up near Mt Hossick to cross over to Creede
03:35 Long Ridge, in the Creede Valley
03:41 Seepage Lake, boring name but a beautiful lake
03:47 Climbing up near Table Mtn, to cross over to Crested Butte
03:52 Overlooking Crested Butte, CO
03:58 Flying high above the East River towards Marble, CO
04:40 Schofield Pass
04:09 Landing at Marble Airstrip
04:21 Twilight flight over Marble
04:26 Takeoff from Marble Airstrip
04:32 over Maroon Bells
04:38 looking down Conundrum Creek Valley
04:43 low flight over East River, near Crested Butte
04:49 Rio Grande in the San Luis Valley, CO
04:44 South end of San Luis Valley, the beginning of the Gorge
05:01 Balloons below the rim inside the Taos Gorge
05:06 over the Taos Gorge
05:18 Pueblo Viejo fortess city ruins on mesa top
05:23 Landing at Mid-Valley Airport
05:29 approaching bluffs at Amber Hills
05:34 Alien Balloon near Belen Airport
05:40 low cruise up Rio Grande at low water
05:46 twin pyramids of Guadalupe and Mosca Peaks
05:51 mysterious wall of rock in Trigo Canyon, Manzano Mtn
05:57 South Mazano Peak
06:03 Balloons over the Rio Grande Bosque, in Albuquerque
06:09 Blue Hole spring, middle of nowhere NM
06:14 crossing over Pino Pass, low spot in the Sandia Mtns
06:20 Kiwanis Point on the Sandia Crest
06:26 near North Sandia Peak, look at the Needle
06:31 Belen Airstrip
06:35 La Ventana (the Window), in the Rio Puerco valley
06:43 overhang on Canoncito Arroyo in the Rio Puerco valley
06:48 Gatehouse protecting the Banco de la Casa stronghold
06:54 Stronghold at Mesa Pueblo
07:00 turning back after encountering rough air over McClure Pass
07:09 North Fork valley airstrip
07:15 Purple Mtn, above Marble, CO
07:20 Capitol Peak, in highcountry above Marble, CO
07:26 Marble Fly-in
07:32 Chair Mtn, near Marble, CO
07:37 Lily Lake, near Marble, CO
07:43 golden Aspens near Crested Butte, CO
07:45 no wind day above South Manzano Peak
07:54 Trike Glory
08:00 Red Rocks and Tent Rock formations in the Puerco Valley
08:06 Tributary stream in the Puerco Valley
08:11 Small stronghold indian ruin in the Puerco Valley
08:17 2nd stronghold ruin, 1/4 mile from other ruin
08:23 Truchas Peak (I flew 2.5 hours from Belen just to take a look)
08:28 Santa Fe Baldy and Lake Katherine
08:34 Autumn in the Rio Grande Valley
08:40 normally dry Rio Salado wet with rain
08:45 turning off Rio Salado and heading up Silver Creek
08:57 San Lorenzo Canyon formations
09:02 diving into the Jaws of Death
09:14 Sunset over Guadalupe and Mosca Peaks
09:24 cruise over a ridge extending from Bosque Peak
09:30 high over the center of the Manzano Mnts at sunset
09:35 looking north 30 miles along the Manzanos from South Peak
09:41 over Bosque Peak, Sandia Mtns on the horizon
09:58 flying out the Deep Gap of the North Caldron Basin
10:04 flying past a tower in the South Gap of the Caldron Basin
10:10 entering the South Caldron basin at the Jaws of Death
10:14 return to my hangar at Belen
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