Encounters with the Fry Canyon Lodge - 2001 and 2002

Marina Bum said:
I’ve stayed in some dive motels around this country in my youth on the kinds of young guy group trips JFR was talking about. They were in the $20 a night range in the 80’s; These were the kind where you weren’t sure the room was cleaned between customers and the stains on the carpet made you wonder if a murder had been covered up with a can of spray paint..

Fun memories of the trips but not of the rooms, it beat sleeping in the car
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BTDT.. slept on top of the bed in my sleeping bag many times.
 
Dean Mc said:
Well 20.or so years ago it was still open and billed its self as a 60's style hotel. There is a dirt airstrip there so with nothing better to do on a fall weekend flew 6463A (C182) for a weekend adventure.Some great hiking nearby and the hotel wasn't scary by my standards just well worn.
The owners at the time were just fine and the food was basic burgers and so forth but good.
I would think with the many OHV trails as well as the hiking a bit of fuel and a decent burger joint might make it work.
There is a good number of BackCountry Pilots that would go as well I would think.. DMc
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My father in law is rated as an instructor, and loves any excuse to go fly. This sort of back country fly ins are exactly why I’m tempted to get licensed, and look for a low and slow STOL craft of some sort. His Beachcraft is great for going to Denver, not as great for questionable strips, of which the West has plenty.
 
Have a look at the Utah Backcountry Pilots assn. website. It lists all the known airstrips and has info such as length and so forth on many of them There is a lot of them . Many I am sure are leftovers from the uranium days..DMc
 
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