It was unusually windy and cloudy for Ely today. Nobody flew. But that gave us a chance to go see Independence Day parade in the town. Craig, Helmut, Wilfried, Bob, three others, and I went down, and watched the pararde from 11am for about an hour.

Early afternoon, I disassembled my glider, and headed to Parowan. I thought there were very few roads in this countryside, so I trusted GPS and didn't check the overview map, but that was a mistake. When I got close to Parowan, I was navigated to smaller and smaller roads, and eventually to an unpaved road. If this was at night, I would have hard time avoiding bumps on the complete darkness. Even on the highways, there were crossing trenches which were covered by metal bars (with black-and-yellow posts on both sides), and I had to slow down to avoid damaging the glider.

Overcast..


July 4th Parade

A 213-mile drive from Ely to Parowan

Hitting the lonely road again

Arrived at Parowan just before dark