Arrived at 0930 to find mostly straight in winds in the 5-7mph range....with a little north cross in it. It was supposed to change to south at some point so I was happy to see it hadn't happened yet
Bacil arrived a little after 10am and we decided to wait a bit and let the sun warm the valley up and see if it didn't spur up some thermal activity. There was a period of hope for this as little cummies had formed to the north and east of us. Unfortunately, there wasn't much thermal activity going on over the Pulpit area so around noon I decided to give it a shot. I launched into a nice light cycle coming almost straight out of the west. Judging by cloud movement, winds aloft had seemed to switch more to a westerly as well. Once clear of the mountain I made a couple of turns in some light bumps but nothing seemed to be taking me up so I headed out. I enjoyed a nice sled ride down and landed into a light southwesterly in the secondary LZ. Bacil kindly came down and picked me up.We both then headed over Smithsburg to cheer Amy on. She was flying like a champ on the training hill with John Middleton and several other students. Beautiful sunny Sunday!
Jon