My wife and I were driving home from a vacation in Louisiana over the holidays and as we passed through Paris, Texas I was reminded of the time I flew my Cessna T310R airplane from OKC to Paris in horrible weather, landed at the local airport around midnight, and climbed atop the Paris Regional Medical […]
5 Outdoor Activities story for Oklahoma Living
I love getting outdoors. My wife and I regularly ride motorcycles, both dirt and street. We explore out-of-the-way places in our Jeep. I have over 5,000 hours as a pilot in small airplanes with extensive experience at “bush flying” in the backcountry. So when my editor at Oklahoma Living Anna Politano asked me to write […]
His and Her Airplanes
Back in 2005 I flew my Maule to Johnson Creek (pronounced “crick” by the locals) to camp, do some backcountry flying and hang out with other pilots. My friend and fellow pilot Alex Weeks went with me on this particular trip. While hanging around the campground one hot afternoon, I noticed a celebration happening at […]
Mountain Biking New Mexico circa 1999
One late spring day in 1999 I was headed on a work trip to southern Colorado in my Cessna Turbo 310R airplane and decided to spend the weekend on my return trip mountain biking in New Mexico. After my work week (I believe it was in Durango) I stopped in at Angel Fire, NM late […]