To fly or not to fly…

Just when we think we’ll fly we are denied once again. This time it wasn’t the rain it was the wind. Blown out of the north. Oh well… off to a swimming hole called the “blue hole” not sure why they call it that . The rivers here are thick muddy brown in texture with floaty bits…I cant believe I got in!! Things are getting desperate around here…. so what do we do last night?? Go to the rodaaaayooo Yeehaw!!!

It was nice to fly the other day even though it was super marginal conditions. The ground was absolutely saturated and the air was stagnate up on launch. The pilots were doing what we call the “Borah shuffle” which translates to running around to each launch hoping to find wind coming up the hill or any kind of sign that “its on”….I stayed put on the west launch which proved to be a good choice as it eventually started blowing up the hill right about the time pilots were starting to get up…I went straight up to cloud base and joined the gang..we were all late for the last start gate but who cares we were in the air!!! It was a slow going race, patients was the name of the game, I missed the move at the end…

Bill and I seemed to connect thru out the flight which was fun, I felt I flew well up until the end and then I gave up …opps..I needed to be even more patient…these euro pilots are soo good at the..hangin in zero’s or downs until something of the slightest bit goes up and all their 50 friends turn mass confusion into a light thermal that takes them up and they get to goal….I watched with amazement from the ground!!! OUCH!!!

Team USA is doing great even with the other half of the team not performing up to par YET!!! I’m really proud of Tom and Josh they have flown consistently on the two days so far…Bill and I will have our turn to contribute to the team if we ever get to fly again!!!

Today????

Kari