Was fun launching with low expectations and being pleasantly surprised with good flying.

Launched Crestline at 9:30 and enjoyed 30 minutes of good morning flying, with a few nice thermals at Billboard. Took a siesta for lunch, and got another 2.5 hours in the afternoon from Marshall with a trip to Crestline, Pine, and the Pine radio towers before the high altitude clouds shut the day down. Topped out at 6350′.

Sorry to miss the last day, but congrats again on the retirement.

Time to fly more!

From where the 4×4 drops off, it’s less than 5 minutes up a short trail. If you went with a PG, it would probably be a snap for both of you to carry a hang to launch.

So far, I’ve had good luck with mine. Mine is velcro’d upside down in the top of the zippered back pocket of my harness, with a speaker mic cable running through the hydration line opening and then clipped onto my shoulder strap. For charging, I simply unvelcro it and remove the battery to charge it in its dock (and the radio stays where it is). I leave the radio in my harness and with the antenna tucked under the stretchy pocket in the back, haven’t had any problems with stuff catching on it or stressing the connectors.

Took this for posterity. In 10,000 years, when our next evolution of mutant super humans are examining our fossils, they can look upon these scribblings with wonder.

Who was this early human and what did this early writing mean? Were they making their first attempts at mathematics or story telling?

What was his name? No way to tell for sure. Maybe they will just call him “Dan” to identify him in their research.

One of the better Soboba days I’ve had yet. Ample lift but very smooth. Comfy temperatures once at altitude. First trip to the Casino. Lots of pilots boating around all over and having a good time.

Casino proof (my casino thermal didn’t pay out as well as Jérôme’s but likely enough for a prime rib dinner):

Sky full o’ PGs:

Maybe Earl Scheib is experimenting with new methods: