Shabbos was unpleasantly warm.  Even with humidity only in the teens, 88 degrees is too warm without fans or air conditioning.

Since we arrived on Wednesday, it’s been too windy to fly here.  This morning, winds were out of the east at 5MPH or so.  Flight Service reported light winds and a stable weather pattern in the area, so I got set up:

Liftoff for solo flight #32.  The goal was to fly the 4ish miles to the dune field and explore the area:

Unfortunately, winds aloft were quite strong, and I at times I found myself following a ground track nearly perpendicular to the direction I was pointing. I decided to go back, and with a bit of work I was able to line up for a successful landing.

Back on the ground, I demonstrated kiting to M:

Wind conditions were by this time strong enough that bringing up the wing resulted in M being skidded across the ground as the wing came up.  Note the skid marks his shoes leave as he’s pulled forward by the wing:

In addition to their other homeschool, Trish and the kids did an art project in which they created cutout paintings over another painting in the style of Rex Ray, who coincidentally died this week:

The wind continued to be gusty and variable, so I decided not to fly tonight.  Hopefully tomorrow morning will be better: