Nonetheless, much was learned and everyone stayed up for as long as possible, landing safely with smiles all around.
Truck went the furthest with me though Scott and Shawn hung in there till the last move, where we shot out near Roldanillo and scratched just a few hundred feet off the deck over the valley. Just after Truck's landing it finally perked and Farmer, one other pilot and I cored up to near base and went on glide for Zarzal with Dawn, Jim and Rob in tow.
Working together we got up deep in the foothills east if Zarzal, Farmer chose to go even deeper, inspiring me to backtrack to the valley. The others split the difference and took a diagonal line that looked like it could work towards La Victoria. Two of them landed on the transition leaving Rob Milley an farmer to join me in the valley. A slow climb got us all up again and I opted to straight line it to 'home' while Famer and Rob tagged La Victoria and arrived to towering cumulus and increasing west wind. My landing went well, but it had my full attention. Rob wisely chose to pick a larger field near the valley to avoid the huge lift and strong wind. Farmer landed with me and concurred that Rob made the best choice.
A juice bar visit was our lunch, followed by a tuk-tuk back to the hotel.
Classic cars lined the town center from a nearby car show.
We all watched the Super Bowl as dinner was seved and played poker until late.
Matt found a giant bug, a cicada?
Another amazing group! It was such a pleasure to be with everyone. The energy was really wonderful and I will miss them all.
My knee was still bothering me after one week after jabbing a thorn into it. Marité took me to the local hospital where I got antibiotics and some pain meds. I've been soaking it in with a hot wet compress laced with salts morning and evenings and the improvement is like magic. I'm supposed to rest it, but I find that flying around in a pod is the equivalent of elevating it on a chair so I am convalescing at cloudbase.
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