Shabbos here at Elephant Butte Lake State Park was pleasant. This morning, I got up early to get in a flight before the forecasted winds blow in later today:
Launch of flight #98:
I decided to fly out to Rattlesnake Island, seen here in the upper right corner of the photo:
I circled and climbed to gain enough altitude to safely glide back to the mainland in case an engine failure occurred while making the crossing to the island:
This should be high enough:
Across we go:
And back to the mainland:
I flew the shoreline north:
I flew along the Long Point peninsula:
Across from the tip of Long Point is Kettletop. I decided to fly over Kettletop, so again I circled to gain altitude for a safe crossing:
Heading across:
Kettletop on the left:
Over Kettletop:
Heading back:
On my way back, I passed Carl, then Kirk and Ron flying together:
Back home:
When I came home, this was waiting for me. M had stepped on this 3/4” long thorn while wading:
M found this quartz crystal while digging around in the sand:
This afternoon, the winds came up as expected. M left his Crocs outside, and one of them was blown into the lake. We watched it floating away:
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