Six days in the desert

I was feeling under the weather due to the bumpy ride yesterday, and the condition looked the same as yesterday. As I waited in the tow queue, three gliders were shot down within an hour. So, I decided not to fly in the last minutes. However, 3 people (all 18m ships) went to Teton and came back. Harry's pegasus also went to Teton but landed out on a field 2.6 miles south of Howe, and a motor glider used motor to fly back.

It was a weird day. We had two canopy unlocked takeoff & aborts, one tail-dolly-on flight (landed safely), and one near gear-up landing (ballooned up at 10 ft and geared down). Mike Swanson called it right, "Six days in the desert". All participants of this safari are well-experienced cross country pilots, but still, being exposed to the sun and wind for six days, they can make unthinkable basic mistakes. Everyone seemed to be tired.

Another thing worth noting is that there are no major cities near Moore, and the nearest city (Arco) has only limited variety of stores that tend to close early. You'd better prepared well for self-contained safari environment. Check spare batteries, spare tires, all tools you need, etc. Be "Murphy's Law" proof!

We had another potluck dinner in the evening for John's mother Ruby.

John announced a policy at King Mountain Glider Park. If you sing or play music at the campfire in the evening, you get free oxygen.

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Looking east. Not much clouds were observed, but apparently, there were more behind the mountain.

All birds in the safari

Campfire in the evening