Second all of the above – day did not disappoint, especially in the dead of winter. I chose to be the wind dummy and launched first from Crestline. Max was 7100’ (behind Crestline and later in the day), and flew for just over 2.5 hours. There was a party at Billboard late in the day with several pilots boating around in the abundant lift.

Was indeed a much better than expected day. My flight time was 2:18 and got to a little over 5500′, with a short trip back to Crestline. I found little of value back there upon arrival and promptly exited the premises. Was great out front.

Thanks, Jérôme, for the pics of my new ride.

Yeowza! Congrats on the awesome day – I’m jealous.

Day turned out better than I expected from the forecasts. Always nice to be pleasantly surprised. Was my first trip out to the mouth of the pass.

Track log, and freeway pic for photographic evidence.

Awesome flights, y’all!

Congrats on the back-to-back great flights!

Awesome flight! Another one to add to my far distant future bucket list.

I lucked out yesterday and chose to head east on my first XC flight ever. Sounds like if I would have stayed in town or launched just a little bit later, I wouldn’t have had a very good time.

Went to the dam and then the brewery on my trusty Symphonia (EN-A). Heard someone made it to San Jacinto.

Here’s my humble track log and photographic evidence: