It’s applesauce season again. Some of you probably wonder why I bother to make applesauce every year. And some of you probably wonder why applesauce is the only food I preserve. The answer is flavor. Store bought applesauce is inedibly bland compared to my home made applesauce. After one taste of fresh hot applesauce, even […]
Hurricane Lee passed offshore last Saturday. The forecast wind and rain prohibited gliding Saturday and were marginal for Sunday. The waves were forecast to be 15 second period (nice for surfing), but 16 feet tall (a bit out of our league). The last time we paddled waves from a hurricane was back in 2010 when […]
A couple of my coworkers wanted to try out sea kayaking. They both live near Boston, so we agreed to meet up a bit north of the city. Neither Tyson nor I know that part of the coast. Public access is limited and there is very little conservation land. Luckily, Aisha has a friend, Julia, […]
Labor Day Monday was even less promising for gliding than Saturday or Sunday. We went for a hike. First we stopped at the airport and helped put the 1-34 on it’s trailer to be driven south. Then we hiked up to Bald Peak in the hopes of seeing a glider overhead. No luck spotting gliders. […]
Our original plan had been to spend the entire Labor Day weekend gliding at Franconia with a bunch of other GBSC folks. The weather was gorgeous for hiking and power flying, but a dud for gliding. Sunday looked the best to us. Tyson and an instructor flew once in the morning while it was still […]
Sunday I got to fly into a backcountry strip for the first time in ages. Brian Perkins invited folks to his strip, Perky, in upstate New York. Even for just one landing, it was fun to navigate the ridge on downwind, a dog leg around the hill on final, and the up and down of […]
Tyson signed up for his glider check ride. He isn’t ready yet, but to ensure he got on the examiner’s schedule he booked it for October 21st. We have spent every weekend since at Sterling gliding. In the evenings at home, Tyson divides his attention between the pile of books I bought last year, an […]
When we had to pull out my phone while standing on a half submerged rock between Great Diamond Island and Cow Island to read the MITA guidebook, it was obvious we hadn’t planned ahead enough . Where was the camping on Cow Island? As it turned out, Cow requires reservations. We needed to continue to […]