Called up Sue and Frank and we drove up together. Got there about 1130 in time to see a few parachuters and then they took a lunch break. Not for long and they were back in the air again. We pretty much saw the same type of show; but, it's always interesting. Weather was super, wind almost nil and there were a bunch of old farts like us taking in the show. First collage shows a Golden Knight doing spirals....from the ground it looks like he's standing on his head at times and doing loops. They have a big "X" in the center of the landing area and most of the GKs manage to hit it almost dead center. Sue and Fo were laying on the ground and apparently this gives a pretty good view. Personally, I didn't try it; however, I think that Sue was napping most of the time we were there! Mabe too much sand and fresh air at the dunes yesterday. Always like to watch the tandems land. I figure that this is the best opportunity to see the the chuters do cartwheels if the hitchhiker drops his legs too soon and digs into the ground. No such luck today. Guess you have to be a VIP to bum a ride with the GKs.........not that I would want to give it a try.
Shouldn't have gone out there today as we found out that the jumps will start at 0300 in the morning. They have some night jumps scheduled and we were talking to some old guy who highly recommended we watch if possible. Guess where we'll be heading about 0300 tomorrow. Suz and Frank will stop by and they we'll drive the 25 or so miles up there to see if we can "see" anything. Winds are supposed to kick up tomorrow but it still should be rather calm that early in the morning. Probably won't be able to take any pics but the old guy said it was like a Fourth of July show with flares and other pyrotechnics they use. Guess we'll know by this time tomorrow. Off to bed.......just hope I can drift off to sleep since it's hours before my normal bedtime. Later. B&W
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