Crestline Soaring Society

Launched a T2 154 from Crestline about 14:50. Got up at Billboard and went to Pine, losing only 300' along the way. got up to 6500 north of the peak and pointed west, where there were several gliders strung out, including the Atos. Worked a couple of lighter ones for a few turns along the way, and established over Sugarpine at 6200, sinking slowly. A Kagel guy was about 700 below me and pressed on west. I didn't see him turning, and I was getting no beeps, so I headed out front and back to Pine. Up again and over to BB. Worked the ridge a bit with a crowd and followed the spine out to Marshall - caught a weak one over the 2N40/18 turnout and drifted with it to the 18/138 interchange, and from there to the next point east. Was at 6000 without a cycle in evidence, so I headed out the spine along the east side of Waterman Canyon, then west to the radio tower. Lots of shade from an island of cirrus under the sun at this time.
Saw a truck arriving at Marshall dragging three PGs in bags from the tailgate - they'd done that from at least halfway in; from 4800 I couldn't tell WHAT was going on there. OUCH!

Back to Marshall, then cloud and around and round.
Thought about landing at 16:30, but decided to try and work the re-emering sunshine. At 16:45 got a solid 200-300 up core at Regionals and drifted slowly with it to Crestline. BB then back to Cloud and a low fast fly-by of Marshall. Kept full VG and dove to the LZ, where I whipped a couple of wingovers, a bit on the low side.

There's that VG cord...Forgot to let the VG off!! I had earlier done the 'Inner Pilot' thing and clearly envisioned my contest-winning spot. Ahem. It seemed really bumpy on my downwind, but I was low and on a good track. Pulled in a little on final because I wasn't dropping fast enough. Shot past the spot, dropped a tip, and ran 3-4 steps before going to my bare knees and sliding a good 6 feet, coming to a stop around 17:10. The basetube wheels worked great.

Kathy Rhodes dashed over with water, ointment, and bandages - thanks a bunch, Kathy!

My rib dinner was great (the roll could have been fresher) and hangin' with the crowd was fun. I was zoning out during the raflle, so I bailed.

Forgot my GPS in the truck, so no track.