Spending her childhood outdoors with family in the mountains surrounding Butte, Montana, Tricia learned all there was to know about setting up a tent, cooking over a campfire and enjoying sharing stories around the fire under the night sky. Aviation was not something she spent much time thinking about. Along came boyfriend John, who became husband John, who introduced her to small airplanes. It was not love at first sight when it came to aviation and it took some time to overcome Tricia’s fear of flying. To get over that hesitation, Tricia took instruction in the family Cessna 185. Her fear subsided quickly and learning all there was to know kicked in. As they say “The rest is history.”
Tricia now owns and flies a 1988 Super Cub, and she and John enjoy accessing the backcountry in their C-185 together, throughout the country. She is passionate about the outdoors and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, skiing and just about anything you can do under Montana’s Big Sky.
