Day was indeed much better than forecasted. Had a nice flight from Crestline in the morning, launching just before 9AM into light conditions. Winds were around 8 mph – not quite enough to ridge soar reliably, but there was a little bit of thermal activity for a fun-but-turbulent 40 minutes down to AJX.

Lots of happy pilots at sunset in the LZ after my afternoon flight. Talked to a couple of students that had their first flights off the training hill, and others who had their longest flights to date. I called it quits just after the 3 hour mark, and plenty flying until the daylight would no longer allow.

Also reports of good flying over at Soboba.