Flying with friends at Truckee

Stan, Sven and I motored to the Sierras in Stan's Jaguar for two days of end-of-season flying from one of the best soaring sites, Soar Truckee.  Sven is still "thermaling" at 92:

We were flying in the BASA DG-1000 at 12000' over the Truckee valley with the beautiful Lake Tahoe to our southeast:

Stan flew in the single-place Pegasus.  After our flights we drove to town for some Chinese food returning to sleep in our bags and awakening to a clear 27°F morning.  

Here's Sven coming down the steps from the bunkhouse with his sleeping bag:

Check out the frost on the horizontal stabilizer of the Pegasus:

We had a nice breakfast of "microwaved" left-over Chinese food while we waited for ice to melt, temperature to rise and thermals to develop:

On this day I would fly solo in the Pegasus:

My relaxing 3 hour flight provided views such as this one of the north shore of Lake Tahoe:

It is not just young boys who love going to camp!  Here are Sven(92), Stan(77) and Haven(64), after their last flights: