Yesterday the team took a rest day to do some site seeing. We planned to go and visit the monarch butterflies. Three of the four made it. I made it to the toilet just in time, dozens of times in fact. 12 feet between the bed and bathroom, well rehersed with the mexican bug as a drill seargent. To cap it off we had the opening ceremony last night which was a bit of a challenge to my well-being to say the least. The ceremony was spectacular with the whole town turning out for the march and fireworks to cap it off. Then it was an early retirement for me with the rest of the team attending the dinner.
After an early start for the team leader briefing, we were away on our first task today. A 75km taks with a mix of covergence, thermic soaring, and thermals. As warned by others who fly here a lot, local knowledge goes a very long way. There are a good mix of house thermals and known convergence lines and sink holes, the latter taking victim on the team at times. Gav and I traded places a few times from the middle of the field. He took the final honours though finishing a couple of minutes in front of me, followed by James who got caught out low on the final turn point which burnt up some time. Antje unfortunately didn´t make it in and have yet to see her so bad luck to her.
Anyway, off to the supermarket for me for some ´soft´food supplies. It´s looking like a fully flyable comp so will keep you posted when we can.
Cheers,
Shane.
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Hope you packed the Imodium Shane!
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