Winter 2020 Trip, Day 26: Salton Sea, Day 8

Shabbos at the Salton Sea worked out alright.  The meals I made were tolerable, and in the morning I saw a home-made hot-air balloon launch, as well as dozens of PPG flights throughout the day.

M did his first tandem flight this morning!  I launched flight 129:

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M launching:

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M down below:

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Flying next to M:

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M’s pilot flew inland and left me behind, but we photographed each other on the way back:

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

Later in the day we explored trails on the south side of S-22:

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We visited a number of Palm caches:

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Our ride took us by the Pumpkin Patch’s concretions:

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A storm moved in this afternoon, so no more flying today:

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Winter 2020 Trip, Day 22: Salton Sea, Day 4

Dawn at Salton Sea:

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Winds have finally died down enough to fly, so I launched flight 124:

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

After the morning flight, M and I drove the motorcycles up Tectonic George to the Calcite Mine:

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We then explored Palm Slot, which we last visited in 2014:

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My the time we returned to the RV, it was time to fly again:

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I launched flight 125:

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