Larry <<lbunner>>
writes:

The airport was fogged for the mosquitoes this morning. I set up
at 7:30 and went for breakfast. The skew T showed the streeting wouldn’t get
above 2000’ until after 10:00 but we all took off earlier as the clouds looked
so good. There was more moisture in the air and a few drops of rain in the area
early.

The tows and climbs were good and everyone stuck. Jonny and Mick got out in
front early and were doing quite well. They were headed toward East Dallas for a
500km attempt. Glen and Robin were doing the same task. I elected to pick
Mineral Wells as my 500 km goal on the west side of Fort Worth as the terrain is
naturally drier that and when I plotted out a route to East Dallas on XC Skies
it showed the day ending early and the top of the lift not being as high as in
the west.

The winds were supposed to be a little stronger today, 10-15mph and they were
but base was low for a long time so all of the pilots elected to land early and
get rested for tomorrow. Jonny, who spent 80% of his time gliding in the first
hour and a half below 3000’ was able to pull away in his Gecko and spun it down
at Lexington for 250km. I did the same on my T2C at Bastrop for 215km. Mick was
out there too but not sure where he ended up. Robin and Glen did as well at
Shiner. The day was just turning on when we landed however we know that tomorrow
brings stronger wind and better climbs early.