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Columbia,
CA 2006 |
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Historic Downtown
Columbia
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Best time of the year to go? |
Spring but this
is a year round destination. |
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Flight time in a Super Viking from KAJO? |
2.0 |
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Food on the airport? |
3/4 mile walk to town. |
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Fuel on airport? |
Yes |
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Comments about arriving and departing |
Watch for traffic on the
crossing runways. No departures from runway 11 |
Rate this trip
10 being best, 5 being average. |
9.0 Beautiful country, fun
location for the spouse. I'd give it a 10 but the walk to
town is about a mile. |
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Bellanca-Champion
Club Fly-In ! |
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Why Columbia for a
Fly-In? The airport is high enough
above the valley to avoid much of the valley fog. It's in a
beautiful heavily forested area. There is a large grass area for
displaying aircraft. Camping is available on the field, nice camping
at that. I shot this video when I flew into Columbia in 2006 for
the Bellanca-Champion Club West Coast Fly-In.
I returned in July with my friends and shot a
second video while enroute.
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Going to town
from the airport requires a 3/4 mile walk so wear tennis shoes. From
the airport terminal walk north east and look for a nature trail.
It's only about 18 inches wide. Follow the trail 1/4 mile to the
road. At the road turn north (left) and walk about 1/2 mile to town.
Keep walking until you see an area where the street is closed to
traffic. Columbia is a old gold mining town and is worth the walk.
Skip lunch at the fly-in and head to town for something to eat.
I've only eaten at
two Columbia restaurants but after finding the Lick
Skillet why go anywhere else? There are a couple of old fashion
candy and ice cream places too, they are a must stop. Be aware the
town closes very early and you need to check on places to eat
dinner.
Spending the night in
Columbia is easy. There are a couple of old hotels but
the only one I've used is the
Columbia City Hotel which is the first hotel you come to in the
historic part of town. Be aware that most hotel rooms in Columbia
are very old and most rooms do not have bathrooms. You don't have to
use a Honey Bucket, there are shared bathrooms.
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A few pictures
from Downtown Columbia |
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Eating at the Lick Skillet. |
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The Lick Skillet. |
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Old gold mining equipment |
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