My attempt at illustrating the indescribable experience of soaring, has been my motivation for this flog. Although I'm not one for box scores, flight 100 piloting a sailplane stands out. More importantly, it was amazing and beautiful. A long tow to the mountains in the ASW-27B "Juliet-Hotel" put me at Goat Ridge, which was producing light thermic lift.
Most climbs placed me between 7500' and 8000'. I then broke out my seldom practiced skill, patience. I saw 9000' and immediately attempted driving towards Snow Mountain.
With a 20 knot North-East headwind and big sink I bailed back for my sure thing at Goat. With light lift and moderate wind, I kept drifting onto the Westward side.
I decided to hunt for lift on the safe side of the mountain. I knocked at the house thermal near Lett's Lake.
No one was home, so down ridge to the Tree Farm where I found moderate lift to bring me back above Goat.
After a couple hours in the mountains I realized today was not the day for big distance. I moved out to the foothills for a change of venue in my circling adventure.
I worked ratty wind blown lift in the foothills, then the valley, before landing on three-four at Williams straight into a 15 knot headwind after my 3.1 hour, flight 100 in the log book.
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