I’m writing this from the Bob’s Big Boy, right across the street from the Ionia airport. The day has been cancelled, and the betting is that Friday and Saturday will be no-fly days as well, leaving us with a 2-day contest and the loss of an experienced, safe glider pilot on Day 1. I have…
I’m writing this post from the cool interior of the Big Boy restaurant almost directly across the street from the Ionia airport. One of the very nice things about Ionia is the convenience of stores and restaurants to the airport. There is a Tractor Supply, Wal-Mart and a Meijers right across the street, along with…
I’m back in my Micro-Castle after a nice dinner at the Lamplight Grill in downtown Ionia. I begged off the movie night (premiere of MIB43-1/2), explaining that if I were to have the temerity to go to a movie without my wife, my currently long soaring leash might be shortened considerably (or wrapped tightly around…
Sitting in the Micro-Castle on Sunday morning, trying to figure out the weather picture. Yesterday was Rain Day 1 – we had no chance of flying at all, due to a warm frontal boundary sitting right over us, with showers and clouds riding the front west to east. From a meteorological point of view, this is an interesting system, as the warm front extends east-west all the way from western Nebraska to the eastern seaboard. Apparently the system is being influenced by the tropical storm down in northern Florida – whew!
