KELO (Ely, MN) to S28 (Dunseith, SD)

OK, the strange part of all this was the approach and landing at S28 right on the US/Canada border.

PART 1

Please see PART 2

PART 2

Approaching the destination S28. Here comes the transformation, wait for it, wait for it....

OK, that spire just popped up out of nowhere

Another view

Dead ahead another one pops up! Glad it didn't pop up on the approach end

Short field landing on a narrow runway

I've got a bad feeling about this. Need to get out fast :eek:

Langoliers!

Good movie!

Yes, some crazy looking rock formations there. :eek: did custom agents from both countries want to know if those cans really contained Coke? :D

Yeah, they took them from me and drank all of them! Just diet.

Looks like the Donald got his wall after all. A little off the mark but, hey it's a wall. :confused: :p -- Bob

Maybe aliens?

That's a lot of cola in the front seat...

It is. I had a relief tube installed :cool:

It is. I had a relief tube installed :cool:

OMG!! Either you're smuggling coke or you're really going to need a Pilot Relief tube!!!!

Michael

Another thought just brought up a question. Did you see the "wall" before or after you started doing coke? ;):p

Oh hell it was definitely after I started! :D

Really nice route David, I enjoyed that, thanks!

That terrain spire reminds me of the tracks in Stunt Car Racer (Geoff Crammond).

The joys of being an 80s Kid!

Cheers

Dom

Your thread title is wrong. That isn't Dunseith, South Dakota, it's North Dakota. I know because I used to live near there in a very small town back in the 80s and have been to the Peace Gardens many times. Also, I have a cousin that lives there and in FSX I flew my F-22 to S28 many times.

Pity the terrain looks like that. I don't understand why. There is some "mountains" (hills by Colorado standards) and some lakes.

Really nice route David, I enjoyed that, thanks!

 

That terrain spire reminds me of the tracks in Stunt Car Racer (Geoff Crammond).

 

The joys of being an 80s Kid!

 

Cheers

 

Dom

 

Thanks Dom! First I heard of that game.

Thanks Dom! First I heard of that game.

Oh...I lost many an evening after school playing this!

Geoff Crammond went on to create one of the best F1 driving simulators of all time a few years later. Being a major fan of Formula One (and going to school with one of the drivers)...I lapped it up (pun intended) :-)

Cheers

Dom

I like the trip David! Hope your eye is recuperating nicely!

Dunseith, ND is on the south edge of the Turtle Mountains, but they don't look like that, I suspect some elevation errors.

Here are two shots from up in the mountains down to the surrounding plains. From the highest point in the middle to the plains is only about 700 feet. There certainly are not those precipitous cliffs. They are sort of forested (wooded) but not really large trees.

Oh...I lost many an evening after school playing this!

 

Geoff Crammond went on to create one of the best F1 driving simulators of all time a few years later. Being a major fan of Formula One (and going to school with one of the drivers)...I lapped it up (pun intended) :-)

 

Cheers

 

Dom

Yes, I never tried any racing sim, but I do remember hearing of Geoff Crammond amongst sports car racers who did!

Who did you go to school with??

Personally, I raced sports cars and motorcycles till my chopper got shot down in Vietnam and broke my neck. I never "gamed" of any sort until my US Veterans Administration nut doctor advised me to "sim" flying over Vietnam and experience not getting shot at there as a way to reduce my PTSD. It worked so well and I enjoyed so much I've flown with sims ever since!!

I loved going to F-1 races in the US and Canada as a photographer for years! My local paper was able to get me certified photographers' I'd with AP and I could go many places at the tracks where the "public" wasn't allowed. I once even had a very interesting about fifteen minute private chat with Jackie Stewart.

Michael

I like the trip David! Hope your eye is recuperating nicely!

Dunseith, ND is on the south edge of the Turtle Mountains, but they don't look like that, I suspect some elevation errors.

Here are two shots from up in the mountains down to the surrounding plains. From the highest point in the middle to the plains is only about 700 feet. There certainly are not those precipitous cliffs. They are sort of forested (wooded) but not really large trees.

Thanks! The eye is doing great. Can’t wait until I get the right one done.

Definitely some elevation errors but I like the pictures and explanation of the territory. Thanks!