No Flying but Plenty of Thinking
Blog postings 10 days apart are a bad sign - it means I haven't been flying very much lately, and unfortunately that has been the case.
A couple of us headed out to Prairie again during the week on a nice day, but it was totally blown out. Someone pointed out to me that we should have looked at the upper winds forecast for that region before heading out there, and now that I have a better idea what those cryptic numbers mean, hopefully the next time we go we end up flying.
The closest thing I've done to fly lately has been think about it. I've somehow managed to squeeze about 4 bartending shifts a week from the casino, and even though the shifts themselves are not great, at least I'm making money and I get to see free concerts! For sure though, they'll be getting my notice next week. The longer I work there, the more I realize how bad that place is for me...the drug abuse, alcohol abuse, stealing and backstabbing are frankly, shameful. Although I really do enjoy the work itself, and even though some people there are great, your working environment truly makes or breaks the job...and for me, it's time to call it quits.
So, back to scratching my head trying to invent new ideas on how to sustain myself financially while running around the world flying. The idea of working with a school somewhere in the fall and being an assistant or something until gaining a proper skillset is an option...there just has to be a better way though. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself anyway - the next 2 months will be jam-packed with flying and it will be interesting to experience that and see if my interest in the sport will wane at all during that time. I doubt it, but hey, as I've recently realized, it's always good to have a "Plan B".
I talked to Will Gadd a bit about the course he and Keith are teaching in July, and it sounds great! I'm really excited to learn more about how to properly read and understand Mt.Seven's topography, as right now, I'm pretty clueless. Everytime I fly out there, I just try to be careful as the valley winds, rotors, etc. can make things dicey pretty quickly...a few people have learned that the hard way and I don't want to be one of them. The course will be really helpful.
19 days before I leave for France - airtime, here I come!
A couple of us headed out to Prairie again during the week on a nice day, but it was totally blown out. Someone pointed out to me that we should have looked at the upper winds forecast for that region before heading out there, and now that I have a better idea what those cryptic numbers mean, hopefully the next time we go we end up flying.
The closest thing I've done to fly lately has been think about it. I've somehow managed to squeeze about 4 bartending shifts a week from the casino, and even though the shifts themselves are not great, at least I'm making money and I get to see free concerts! For sure though, they'll be getting my notice next week. The longer I work there, the more I realize how bad that place is for me...the drug abuse, alcohol abuse, stealing and backstabbing are frankly, shameful. Although I really do enjoy the work itself, and even though some people there are great, your working environment truly makes or breaks the job...and for me, it's time to call it quits.
So, back to scratching my head trying to invent new ideas on how to sustain myself financially while running around the world flying. The idea of working with a school somewhere in the fall and being an assistant or something until gaining a proper skillset is an option...there just has to be a better way though. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself anyway - the next 2 months will be jam-packed with flying and it will be interesting to experience that and see if my interest in the sport will wane at all during that time. I doubt it, but hey, as I've recently realized, it's always good to have a "Plan B".
I talked to Will Gadd a bit about the course he and Keith are teaching in July, and it sounds great! I'm really excited to learn more about how to properly read and understand Mt.Seven's topography, as right now, I'm pretty clueless. Everytime I fly out there, I just try to be careful as the valley winds, rotors, etc. can make things dicey pretty quickly...a few people have learned that the hard way and I don't want to be one of them. The course will be really helpful.
19 days before I leave for France - airtime, here I come!
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