Sat: another long (travelling) day, broken up by a short flight on Crawford Ridge (Randolph), then further on to Vernal (UT).
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| Palisades Reservoir |
We left Driggs heading south, through the Swan Valley (along the Snake River/ Palisades reservoir), crossing the ID - WY border a couple of times, before entering Utah: again those endless green (= watered) fields and lots of interesting cumuli popping up on the ridges
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| near Afton (WY) |
At Randolph we drove up to Crawford Ridge: Andy launched first, but unfortunately didn't find anything worthwhile; then it was Jim's turn and finally mine. I could climb up (once) to TO height, but the thermals have been very small and (too) close to the ridge for my liking.
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| Andy launching at Crawford Ridge |
Unfortunately we couldn't go up for a second flight in the increasingly better looking conditions, as Stacy got a flat tire while driving down from Crawford. This had to be attended first, as we didn't want to continue driving on those dirt roads without a spare tire in good condition...
Luckily Kelly in Randolph came back to his shop and repaired the damaged tire: just a plug wasn't enough; the tire had to be dismounted from the rim and the hole repaired with a patch on the inside.
As we knew that there was still about 4 hours driving ahead of us, we decided to continue.
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| ...another flat tire... |
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Once more our trip continued through very different, interesting and vast landscapes, which changed about every 30 to 60 minutes.
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| I-80 east of Evanston |
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| on WY 414 near Lookout (WY) |
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| moon rise near Vernal |
After about 625 km we finally reached Vernal at 2130...
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