Tag Archive for 2012 R5S Cordele

Rain Day 3 at Cordele – Region 5 South

Man, this is getting old!  Here we sit, again, under gray skies at Cordele, with nothing to do but watch the clouds roll by, every so often with a small, tantalizing  area of clearing. The big news at today’s morning pilots meeting is that two additional competitors (Enrique Mertins and Steve ???) asked if they…

Rain Day 2 at Cordele (Region 5 South) – Yikes!

It was another exciting race day at the Region 5 South contest in Cordele, Ga.  CD Mike Smith was determined to not repeat his ‘mistake’ of calling the day too early yesterday.  Personally I’m not sure how it was a mistake to keep us from trying to fly with thunderstorms in at least two quadrants…

Cordele, Georgia Region 5 South—Rain Day

Another rain day – I think I’m going to commit ritual suicide soon. 8 days at Ionia, and we only flew two very tricky days.  I get here only to have the first day rain/winded out.  I have been put on notice by Cordele CD Mike Smith (XM) that if tomorrow is rained out, I’m…

Cordele – Back on the road again

I’m writing this from my Micro-Castle at Cordele, after having rolled in about 3 hours ago, set up the camper, and attended Gregg Turton’s wonderful free welcome dinner at the Ramada Inn.  For those of you who don’t know Gregg Turton, he is the owner/proprietor of the Best Western/Colonial Inn and Ramada Inn (at least)…