Susanville California

It took about an hour to fly from Chico to Susanville. I climbed to 7500 feet and followed some lower terrain. There were clouds at about 10,000 feet and some rainshowers. A little bumpy in the mountain passes but the winds were calm when I arrived.

I immediately performed an oil change as I had put 27 hours on the engine since leaving Texas just over a week ago. Pete and Carl at Susanville Aviation let me push Niner-Zero’s nose into their maintenance hangar as it had started to rain. Pete has been flying charters out to Burning Man and he gave me some advice for landing there.

IMG_7818After  changing the oil I tied my airplane down on the ramp. There are some rain showers visible in the background of this picture.  Shortly thereafter a Cessna 172 landed that was being flown by a pilot I know from Coulter Field back in Texas. He and his wife are on their way to Seattle. The three of us took the courtesy car into town for lunch.

IMG_7823Tomorrow morning I leave for Burning Man, only 70 miles away. In the meantime, it is supposed to get down into the 40’s tonight but I have found a comfortable couch to sleep on so I won’t have to deal with the tent tonight.

 

IMG_7824Burning Man is just over that mountain!

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