Rincon Ridge 4/27/14

First flight from Rincon turns out to be fun.  After an hour the sun finally won out over the clouds and the thermals turned on.  With Fred C. on chase Reavis and I took a little jaunt to the south just to see what we could do.   Here's the Pics.

Rincon Valley from over launch.

Reavis and Mt. St. Helena as the day turns on.

Annadel and Spring Lake from base heading down the Valley of the moon

Mt. St. Helena from near cloud base near Sugarloaf State Park

Reavis topping out.

Nice Winery across the Hwy.

Landing spot just south of Hwy 12 for 20.7 miles 2.5hrs TAT.

Really fun little XC flight, thanks again for the retrieval Fred.





St.Helena 4-5-14

A good post-frontal day and great flying is usually the ticket to the sky. We punched our tickets!!
   Along for the day were John Lord, Fred Clement, Eric Beckman, and myself flying.   Eric's wife Heather came out and drove for us. Thankyou Heather.  Here's the pics

Launch, looking out to LZ, bright green field in the valley.

Heather ,Eric, and Fred on launch setting up.

Snow on backside of
St. Helena from recent storms

Backside snow.

St. Helena from the SW looking back. Convergence lift between Napa and Knights valleys to 5800".

Nice cloudstreet toward Cobb Mt. and on up the range.  I flew for 1hr 58mns. and landed at Janes LZ with everyone else. Jane came out and visited.  Perfect spring day in every way!!