Winter 2020 Trip, Day 33: Las Vegas

We enjoyed Shabbos in Las Vegas’ Henderson suburb, spending time with my parents and our family back together.  It was also nice seeing our friends from the Shul.

This morning I ran the 8ish miles on the Mccullough Trail from Anthem to Henderson:

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After my run, Trish and I and my parents hiked up to the top of the local hill to look down on their neighborhood:

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This afternoon we visited with Tricia’s relatives, then returned to my parents’ house for dinner.

Trish and the kids flew back to New York late this evening.  Tomorrow I start driving back to New York.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 31: Glamis to Las Vegas Reposition, Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

This morning was dead calm, and overnight my landing zone was parked in by off-roaders coming for the big weekend, so a launch was risky.  We decided to pack up and drive north to Las Vegas where Trish and B will be flying in for a weekend with my parents.

On the way to Vegas we stopped in Boulder City at the information center for Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument:

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Good Shabbos from Las Vegas!  See the trip map for today’s drive.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 30: Glamis, Day 3

This morning started with flight 132:

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Visiting the neighbors:

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This video contains some of the flying and motorcycling from this trip:

M and I motorcycled all the way to Tumco, which we visited in 2015:

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We pushed into the Cargo Muchacho Mountains:

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Our last stop was our beloved Ogilby campsite, where we wintered in 2015 and 2016:

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I ran out of gas a few miles from home so I took M’s motorcycle to the RV, filled it up, drove back, siphoned gas into my motorcycle, and then we drove back to the RV.  I launched flight 132:

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The area is really filling up:

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Winter 2020 Trip, Day 29: Glamis, Day 2

This morning the winds had calmed to the point that safe flight was possible.  I launched flight 130:

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M waved as I passed by:

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This video contains some of the flying and motorcycling from this trip:

M and I explored on the motorcycles for a bit, then I launched this afternoon’s flight 131:

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Glamis from 2000’ up:

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Our RV is in the lower right:

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