Blue Sky Saturday the 16th

[CraginS]

With temps forecast to 82 on Saturday and 94 on Sunday, I declared Saturday my flying day for the weekend. South winds sent me down to Blue Sky for a bit of towing. On the way down I found myself in caravan with Chris Donahue, having merged together where the I-95 HOV lanes end. Besides Chris D., others at the park included Peter Kain, Chris Cioffi, Tom, Craig, Mike, Andrew, and even Jim Carrigan getting to fly for his own amusement. Joe is flying the tug this summer, giving Jim a bit more freedom in his days.
We had a lot of overcast, so not a lot of workable lift. Peter did scratch hard to get over a half hour off of an early afternoon AT. That was FOTD for the Park.
For my part, I started with a truck tow... in the sinky air only got to about 750 feet. That was a pleasant sled.
Later in the afternoon, Joe pulled me up behind the beautiful white BlueSky dragonfly. He looked hard for something nice to drop me in, but not much was available. There were a couple of bumps over the gold course, but nothing I could work successfully.
Pleasant flights, good clean landings, and a good friendly crowd - a successful flying day.
I avoided I-95 traffic no the way home, coming up 301 into MD. Very pleasant drive, with no where near the hassles of the Interstate, at least until the Capital Beltway. Once more, I noted that the least expensive gas was on the Virginia side of the river, near the Nice bridge on 301 - $3.79. As soon as I crossed into Maryland, the price jumped to $3.99. Dang!