Breakfast Club
An Affiliate of the
The Knife &
Fork
Breakfast Club Gambols on Globe/Apache
Gold
17 Mar 2012
by Warren McIlvoy
It has been a while since we last visited Globe,
The best route to Globe
from Deer Valley Airport is to head-out
to the east and stay below 6,000 until just west of Saguaro Lake where you can climb to just under 7,000. At a point a few miles to
the north of
The winds were predicted to be out of the southwest at about
10kts or so but when I reached 7,500 and over the rocks, the ride was pretty
smooth. Or at least it was until I
started flying over the mining operations to the west of Globe and then it got a bit bumpy.
The airport was clearly visible west of town but what little wind that
there was on the ground,
was light and out of the west favoring runway 27. Since I had traffic behind me, I landed a
little long and rolled-out to the turn-off to the ramp near the west end of the
Most of the Breakfast Club folks were already there but we waited for the last two airplanes to park and join the group for some ramp photos. The hike to the Apache Gold Resort and Casino is not much more than a quarter mile or so and just across the highway that borders the northern edge of the airport. We entered the casino from the east entrance and proceeded directly to the Wickiup Buffet. A line had formed for the east dinning room but there was no one in the west dinning area. I asked the cashier if we could use the west dinning area so that we could all sit together. One of the servers inquired if we were all going to use the buffet or order from the menu as this area is used primarily for the buffet. We all agreed that the buffet would work for us.
At my table sat Mark
Ziemann and Dr Dana Myatt, the
folks who put on the wonderful cook-out at our
Prior to departing the building, most of us made pit stops before returning to the
airport. On the ramp, the winds were now
out of the south at about 10kts and since we were much closer to runway 09, we
elected to take-off to the east. Since
it was quite bumpy of town on my arrival, I though that maybe returning by way
of
The Globe Group
Whats Next?
Our April event will see the Breakfast Club
travel southeast to the border and
To view photos of this fly-in event, just click on the link below.