SW Canada

Brian Burger wrote in message ia.tc.ca...
On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, James Robinson wrote:

"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

I'm looking for something relaxing and quiet but with some light
activities for a young family (my kids are 8 and 9).

Another option is to fly a bit inland, perhaps to Abbotsford. You can
rent cars there, then drive up the Fraser river to Hope and north to
Boston Bar.

If you want to explore the Fraser River Canyon area (north of Hope), and
grass runways don't scare you, Hope has a very, very nice 3900' grass
strip; it's a little ways out of town, but there's a clean little Pilot's
Lounge w/ phone to call a cab.

Chilliwack is a nice paved 3900' strip, GREAT on-field cafe with the best
pie at any airport in the PNW...

Brian.
- PP-ASEL/Night -

If you decide to fly further inland, make sure the weather is
manageable. The terrain rises pretty sharply east of Hope, and many
pilots have run into sudden storms and ended up spread across some
mountainside. The Fraser Canyon is lower than the Coquihalla route and
the weather is usually not as bad. If it's CAVU, the scenery is
spectacular and well worth the trip to Kamloops or the Okanagan
Valley. Mountain flying training would be very advisable.

Dan