Wed 4/14, Skyport to Castle Point to Parma

[reporter]

We had a fun day today. 10:15 meet at Parma. It looked like it was OD'ing on the drive up. Wishing we had set an earlier meet time. I urged all to get off quickly and not fuss around too long. It held off and didn't OD too badly. I was first off and had a fun flight never getting above 2500 as Dean, Nate, Farmer, and I went to castle point and then came back to Parma. I opted to land at Saint Mary's and help one of my alumni extract his glider from a tree. We got it out with no rips or tears just two broken lines, and we sewed him up two new lines this afternoon and he is good to go for tomorrow.

Posted on behalf of SA by Reporter

[Dean S]

2 much fun! Hardly any wind to speak of, maybe SE 3-4 - if that. I don't like to give up the high ground if I don't have to, but being that cloudbase was below 3k for most of the day we didn't have a choice other than to run the range using only the lower foothills. I have to admit, it made it more interesting, however, one wrong move could have you calling for retrieve early. We all made it, but not without a few VERY low saves. Kabir and I headed to East beach and Bob P. generously picked us up. Several of us met at the Habit for post flight treats and good trash-talkin'

A day doesn't get much better than that. SA is in the first couple shots, with Nate in the last one.