Flew Nimbus 3DT with Barry Danieli at Minden, Nevada. After releasing around 2,500 feet AGL, we caught a good thermal, and flew to the south. There were reasonable amount of clouds. Some of them were working, others were not, but mostly we could find a good lift under clouds. The sky had unusual haze due to the fire in Paradise, CA. We went as south as between Mono Lake and White Mountain Peak, which made about 300km out-and-return flight in 4 hours. The highest we got was 17,500 feet. See below to find a short video I shot while Barry was thermaling at 14,000 feet. It is posted on YouTube, too.


Looking at Mono Lake.

After the flight, we had a dinner at Wasabi's Sushi and Asian Bistro. Barry's wife Diane, and Tom and his wife Jane also joined, and we had another fun. They had an interesting combination of Japanese food and Thai food in their menu.

Here are more pictures.