I have been busy with various projects, delivering babies, solving world hunger, homelessness, issues in the Middle East, North Korea, and Florida.
One of my projects was to build a blog for my grandmother, Nancy Moyer.
You can view her blog HERE...
It is a labor of love to say the least and chronicles recent life chapters she has written via email to my mother. She is on Chapter 19 and has not reached being a teenager yet in the 1930's. More to come to say the least! Anyway, it's a good read for those interested in an ACP's family history.
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Flying-wise, I've been slaying it at Mission, Ed Levin, and Dunlap.
The flight at Dunlap was more notable...flew for 2 hours...crossed the valley 5 times...made it over to Sampson and Delilah not once but twice. This was a really rewarding flight in that I was flying more aggressively than normal. When I say aggressive, I mean with greater confidence that I have in the past. I was able to look at land masses and say, "There'll be lift there!" Sure enough, there'd be lift "there" after I had been cruising along on glide from the prior thermal...good time.
That night we camped in the LZ at Dunlap, howled at the moon and had an overall good time...no flying the next day. It was time to head home and call it a weekend.
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Last weekend we flew Ed Levin and Mission...both were fun flights with some good thermal practice for the winter flying season.
Ed Levin's flight was a lesson in not wasting time...when it is good, just GO! I tend to dawdle at times and miss out on the good flying window. Regardless, that day, I had a decent flight and worked a broken, ratty, thermal above the 1200' hill for a good while, then landed and had a beer.
The next day we all flew Mission. I was second or third off the hill and immediately got drilled to the LZ...It was disappointing, but I felt I should show everyone where all the sink was so THEY could have good flights.
Fortunately, I was able to catch another ride up and had a decent second flight with a nice rewarding low save over RC Hill. The lesson of the day was not to give up and work whatever lift you have. I get more enjoyment from a flight involving a low save and a climb back up top than anything.
