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Our Southwest trip in the Tri-Pacer

We took 10 days to do a sightseeing tour of the southwest. Just over 3,000 miles. 29.5 flight hours on the Hobbs. 210 gallons of Fuel. Our stops and sightseeing destinations were: Roseburg, OR – Gas and Lunch Crater Lake Willows, CA – Gas Vacaville, CA - Nut Tree Airport – Overnight and Gas top off San Francisco Bay area Bakersfield Muni – Gas Fullerton – Disneyland Palm Springs – Bermuda Dunes Airport - overnight Kingman, AZ – Gas and visit extended family. Was delayed there for a day due to convective activity all across our next destinations. Grand Canyon – Dragon Corridor, and eastern portion Monument Valley Blanding, UT – Gas Canyon Lands National Park Arches National Park Moab area Canyonlands Airport – Overnight and Fuel. Salt Lake City – Brigham City – Gas Nampa, ID – Gas and overnight Interesting things I learned and noticed: Cheapest gas was in Bakersfield, CA $5.30/gal Most expensive gas was back home at $6.69/gal You can fly the LA basin Class B airspace on a single radio, although challenging. Always sump your fuel after fueling. I had water in the first tank I fueled at each of the three Utah airports we fueled at. I have never seen water in my sumps the entire time I have owned the Tri-Pacer. There was not a single location we flew over that was not somehow touched by man. Density altitude is actually a real thing. I’ve been spoiled having flown the majority of my time around Washington. I have no harrowing story, thank goodness, but I sure could not count on an 800’ take off roll or climbing out at more than 400-500 FPM in some locations, while I’ve been use to 1,200+ FPM. Thunderstorms are truly nothing to be anywhere near! NOTES: All aspects of these flights were within all FAA FAR/AIM regulations, and local and state laws. Unfortunately, all of my GoPro footage went corrupt just as we were arriving to the Grand Canyon. Fortunately, we had some cell phone footage to share, so this is not as good as I wanted it to be, especially flying around Monument Valley.