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Fun evening glass off at Plowshare on Saturday. A group of us went to Plowshare on Saturday afternoon and had a great time! We arrived at launch around 2:45 and it was blowing in pretty hard (25+ steady). There were a couple of pilots there from Santa Maria and one was up a couple over launch. It was pretty sketchy as several pilots in our group were flying falcons and penetration was a concern. Two other pilots (Santa Maria) launched while it was still strong and flew around for a bit, making it look like a lot of work due to the strong winds. Those pilots eventually had enough and flew out to the LZ after about 30 minutes of flight time.

After some discussion, we decided to wait and see if it was going to die down a bit. It did (about 15 minutes later) by about 10mph. Stoked!!! We all launched and enjoyed a beautiful Plowshare glassoff for about an hour, or until it got too cold. 4 of us playing around the ridge having a great time! Beautiful sunset, smooth cold air, nice LZ, and a nuclear sky to enjoy after landing. Good times.... I'm starting to love off-season Plowshare.

Jimmy's right plowshare is a blast! I launched second after Trey from Big Sur, Trey warned us that it was a bit gusty and turbulent, but after fixing some radio problems I launched. At one time i was PARKED over the ridge to the east of launch and my wind speed was 30+'s and i was not moving! it was cranking, I was glad that the falcoonies waited. I wish I would have. Bruce launched after me and I guess you could say that it was a bit of a rodeo! It was still strong. Great day for flying and it was nice to meet more people from this area being new here and all. Hope to see you all at the hill.

Jeff

PS Zach where were ya!

Good to see you Jeff! Let's do some more flyin'. Your girl is really nice too. She was so patient waiting with us to see if the conditions would settle a bit even though you were already in the LZ. Quality....