Their first trip June 2011

 

The guys left June 29 for their first trip to their site.  They got to McGrath on Friday and met the bush pilot the next morning.  McGrath is only a town of about 300 and some of the townspeople were waving at the guys as they flew in.  Apparently there is not much traffic.  After getting some coffee and a few high priced odds and ends at the grocery store the guys met their bush pilot, Mike.   He was sporting an old beat up pick up and informed George he would have to hold the door shut on their short drive to his plane.    Oh yeah, you can see where this is going.  The old pick up pulls up to an old bush plane literally sporting some duct tape for extra support.  They said it took off noisy and landed rough.  The arial view on the bottom shows their claim in the middle of the picture.  The top picture is the landing strip at Moore Creek.