"I was supposed to follow water" - upstream or downstream?
First rule of mountain flying before following a terrain feature (river, valley, road) - identify it by heading...
Looks like instead of following Bighorn river that runs +/- north south she followed the roughly east/west running smaller tributary that flows into Bighorn close to the airport...
Last edited by Shorrick Mk2; 26th Aug 2013 at 12:06.