Another False Alarm

When we arrived at this evening's 4:00pm, briefing we were immediately met by a sign indicating that there was a 30 minute hold. The subsequent meeting resulted in a task sheet indicating a single task (Hesitation Waltz), but another 60 minute hold would be necessary to wait out some rain. During the 5:30pm gathering we received a list of five goals. The rain was also falling harder now, so much so that we could hear it on the top of the tent. We left the briefing to a red flag and instructions that a decision would be made at 6:00pm. The steady rain continued and a black flag resulted, canceling the flight.


Elle Petrehn's Team USA garb:


Erica's birthday celebration, complete with Becky Nels butter cream frosted brownies:


Tonight all of Team USA (probably 40 or 50 people) are meeting for dinner at a local restaurant. Hopefully tomorrow morning brings some better weather. It's hard to get all "geared up" only to do nothing. Sandy Raya flies home out of Vienna early tomorrow morning, so she didn't even get to see a competitive flight.

Here's our lead vehicle, being manned by Shawn and Larry: