Tollhouse

After yesterday's long drive through Yosemite NP, today it was only a short 'hop' to Tollhouse, where at the LZ we were already expected by Ron. Ron is what I would call the 'caretaker' of this site on the western side of the Sierra Nevada. It's incredible the amount of time (and money?!) he invests to maintain this site: the LZ is huge, well cleared of all bushes (especially 'poisoneos oak'); same goes for the launch. He gave Kari and me an excellent site briefing and later drove Kari, her friend Julie and me to launch (twice). Here again he pointed out everything we might need and helped us launch in a good cycles. THANKS Ron!!

launch

Site intro: Ron, Kari, Julie

LZ

We could all make 2 nice flights: first thermalling up to >2100m and 'cruising' around the area and later a smooth evening flight.

Kari

Launch

My trip is slowly coming to an end: only 2 more flying days left (-hopefully)...