This morning started with another flight. John and Karen were out for a ride from Borrego Springs and stopped by to watch the flight, so I kept it short:

There are more and more pilots arriving every day:

More electronics projects in home school:

The shore which from a distance looks so idyllic is in fact composed of layers of rotting fish, killed off by periodic algal blooms and high levels of agricultural runoff: 

Powered parachutes are less aerodynamically efficient than PPGs, so they require massive engines attached to large carts that usually seat two people:

I took a sunset flight as well:

M chases the pilots:

Russ and his son D were out again:

D practices his foot drags, flying inches above the ground:

Russ decided to come up next to me.  I was startled when I noticed him:

Low flybys:

Another powered parachute:

It was another beautiful flight in amazingly smooth air:

B rides across the “beach”:

Another amazing day at the Salton Sea: