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Elsinore 6-29

I arrived at launch at 12:00 to find 2 PG's in the air already. They were working the house thermal and staying about 3-500' over. I waited until until they started getting higher and then I launched at 12:30. Gene launched right after me. We worked our way up to 5K and hung out around there for a long time. I topped out at 6K once. 4 PG's and one HG top landed. I flew for 1 hr and 40 min. It was typical mid-day, summer conditions. Kinda bumpy and strong, abundant lift. I hit 950 fpm lift. A number of HG's went to Saddleback and back. I didn't go there today. I did yesterday and ended up short coming back by about a 1/2 mile or so. No problem though, a nice big field was right there for me.