Ah Chuck, lets guess. First find dirt strip.
Depart, gentle left turn to a few hundred feet, "stall turn-back" to right and runway.
Depart, gentle right turn to a few hundred feet, "stall turn-back" to left and runway.
Never get high enough to see white lights on visual glide slope (not that dirt strip has them)
etc etc
500 hour instructors were too busy spending money on their multi engine instructors ticket so they could get a hundred hours for the airlines. All gone pear shaped now unfortunately. They could have got a tailwheel endorsement for less than the cost of their multi rating of course, but it wasn't on the career path back then. Now the airlines are nowhere near hiring, and they are bored senseless teaching primary students in warriors. Too bored and broke now to get tailwheel endorsement. Shame really. some are really nice people. 'Bumps on logs' is what a DE buddy calls them.