SpicyGoliath

That is Afrikaans for….. Life is good!
And good it is to the extreme. I arrived in Sun Valley Idaho this afternoon and stopped by the ranger station for camping information. They pointed me to a spot 8 miles north of town where I would find a dumping station and a couple of forest service campgrounds. […]

Bit the bullet and bought 2 brand new golf cart batteries today. Not that expensive, but the same thing is available at Costco for 30% less. Unfortunately all the Costco’s I stopped by since Merced do not carry golf cart batteries. Now I am looking forward to uninterrupted working / surfing at night with a full […]

I left HCR on Friday and spent the night at Lake Abert in Eastern Oregon. I was very tempted to spend another night for an opportunity to fly the very prominent Abert Rim but decided to push on towards Idaho. The last two nights in Boise and this morning I am getting ready to move […]

Working on my gps software the whole day, I was glad to see a hang glider pilot arrive in the LZ late afternoon. Page is a local and predicts good glass-off conditions to kick in within the hour as we head up the hill with another local pilot Roger. On top we met two other […]

Wow. This is fun.
I am camped in the big LZ below Hat Creek Rim. Launched my paramotor around 5:30. Flew for 2 hours, using the engine only half the time. Thermalled up to 8500 ft. Landed next to the rv and now I am writing this blog entry over my broadband satellite internet while sipping […]