Thursday, January 20, 2005

Mount Beauty

I managed to stay awake until 2:30am last night when the winners were finally announced. Oleg got a very nice standing ovation when he was named the world champion. The crowd also cheered on the home team from Australia when they were named as the number one team. (Team USA placed 5th after Australia, Austria, France, and Italy).

Dean and I drove from Hay to Mount Beauty today. There were severe storms all around us during our 5 hour drive, but we were lucky and missed them all. It was hard driving with the wind that was howling across the open plains. Our PVC glider rack passed the stress test with flying colors. (Many pilots get a chuckle when they see our front brace made of PVC, but it cost less and was easier to build than just about anything else Ihave seen.)

It is nice to be back in the mountains. The place I am staying has fantastic views of the mountains out the back windows. It rained a lot here yesterday and last night so everything is nice and damp allowing you to smell the trees and grasses.

Registration is tomorrow and then we start competing the next day.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Tom, Thank you for taking the time to maintain the blog. I am really enjoying it and look forward to each installment. Your reference to the smells of trees and grass due to the dampness gave me a flash of summer. I have to say it was a beautiful morning here in Massachusetts. Air calm, crisp, about 20F, full blue skies, and 4 inches of fresh powder to remove from my driveway before going to work. Good luck at the Bogong Cup! We’d like you to bring the cup to the VHGA dinner Feb. 12th. Will you be there? I’m sure Rob could find something to fill it with! - Lee