With the weather not looking too good for the lower mainland over the Labour Day long weekend, I decided to get away for a bit to the Okanagan and the fly-in at King Eddy.
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| Big clouds forming to the west! |
Despite the huge clouds around it was very light conditions in the air and most pilots sunk out. Glenn and I flew around for an hour or so before going out to check out the bears resting in the corn fields next to the LZ. From above they are little black piles of fur resting on the shady sides of the crop circles they created, hidden from everyone except birds and paraglider pilots ;)
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| Getting close to time to land! |
It's a good thing we decided to fly there earlier than usual, since it overdeveloped and a nice fat rain cell with thunder and lightening rolled through later in the afternoon. Initially I thought it may clear up in time for an evening flight, but a last-minute cell passing through right over launch nixed that idea! I spent the afternoon on top of Mt. Middleton with a perfect view towards Kalamalka Lake and the approaching thunderstorms. But it was time to take cover when they got too close...there's no shelter up there and besides, it's the tallest thing around, not a good place to be when there are lightening strikes going on!
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| Atop Mt. Middleton. A lull between the storm cells. |
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