Travel Zoo rides 10/6

After the Young Eagle rides I did two commercial rides.  Pat & Charles took a Silver Hawk ride to 4750' MSL over Fremont Peak.  They were local residents and enjoyed seeing their home area from a new and exciting perspective:

After returning to the airport and landing, new passengers, Bethann and Tom replaced Pat and Charles. Launching behind towplane 76W, we stayed on tow all the way to 8000' at the Monterey Bay shoreline.  They certainly chose the right day for their ride because the atmosphere had "refreshed" itself with the passage of a small cold front.

There is Santa Cruz in the distance under the right wingtip:

 Bethann and Tom in Schweizer 2-32 N87R:

The Monterey peninsula in the distance with Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough in the foreground from 8000': 

It was a very pleasant ride with good conversation for the 40 minutes of gliding back to the airport after leaving the shoreline.