Tom Martin
Well Known Member
It is that time of year again. Sun and Fun is just around the corner, April 10-14
This is the start of the flying season for me and I always am ready to go, if I can see some nice weather. I start watching now, seeing how the weather systems are moving. As we are due north of Lakeland, 1000nm, a high pressure system will often let us get the whole way in clear skies. It is one thing to get there, another to get home. I have flown down with a good forecast only to have to return the next day for risk of getting stuck. But it does not matter, it is not the destination that counts it is the trip itself, the places we stop, the folks we meet.
We camp by the pond, close to the BQ place, good grub, music a plus. I know there have been issues in the past, but I let it go. It is so much fun to see old friends, share some brews, see the new gadgets, buy stuff I absolutely do not need and to eat food that is bad for me.
There used to be hundreds of RVs there, now there is a handful, Wayne Hadath and I will be there with our F1 rockets. We usually park in the south end of home built parking.
Forget past problems, watch the weather, come on down. Give yourself a two or three day window to get there, being early is ok, lots to see.
This is the start of the flying season for me and I always am ready to go, if I can see some nice weather. I start watching now, seeing how the weather systems are moving. As we are due north of Lakeland, 1000nm, a high pressure system will often let us get the whole way in clear skies. It is one thing to get there, another to get home. I have flown down with a good forecast only to have to return the next day for risk of getting stuck. But it does not matter, it is not the destination that counts it is the trip itself, the places we stop, the folks we meet.
We camp by the pond, close to the BQ place, good grub, music a plus. I know there have been issues in the past, but I let it go. It is so much fun to see old friends, share some brews, see the new gadgets, buy stuff I absolutely do not need and to eat food that is bad for me.
There used to be hundreds of RVs there, now there is a handful, Wayne Hadath and I will be there with our F1 rockets. We usually park in the south end of home built parking.
Forget past problems, watch the weather, come on down. Give yourself a two or three day window to get there, being early is ok, lots to see.