It was a steamy day with temps hitting 100 and really high humidity again. I was melting on the ground and finally got into the air with cooler temperatures at a couple grand and loving it. It was a struggle to stay up with the gaggle with really light lift again today. I could never quite get up to Linda, Campbell and Jamie Sheldon and when they went on glide down the course line even though I was only at 1600' I went with them. They stopped to climb just west of the town of Greensboro and when I got there I was only at 600'.

Another light lift day with temps at 95 and the humidity even higher the wind was light and crossed so launch was not a problem. The first tow I broke a weak link twenty seconds after leaving the cart and with the tugs having the 914 turbo's I was plenty high enough to drop the landing gear and have a nice landing just off the end of the run way. The tugs have some serious power and climb like crazy but have a lot of pull coming off the ground so I will need a new weak link each tow from now on.

No more storms today but very soft conditions, there is standing water everywhere and it started overcast and very humid. I lost about a gallon of liquid while setting up and getting ready for the task. Thanks to my lovely daughter and ace driver Ron they kept me hydrated and supplied while waiting.

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What a great day, it started when I found out I won the day yesterday and continued as a 26.8 mile down wind task was called from Ridgely to Pevey a small grass strip to the south east. Everyone had the same start time so the sport class started launching shortly after the start time of 12:45. The prediction was for improving conditions as the day progressed so I decided to hand back and wait for the open class and rigids to go. They all went at once and I found myself near the end of the launch line in 90 degree heat waiting.