Dan, Dave and I drove through blue skies and high clouds from Portland anticipating a great day. A nasty surprise awaited us when we arrived at Cliffside - low clouds. Cloudbase was just at launch height.
After the sign in formalities, we headed up the hill. I launched first in a strong but very cross wind just as the clouds were breaking. It wasn't too cold, it was easy to stay up, views were improving. Early on, there were some useful thermals. There was plenty of lift, though it was hard to get high - the most I reached was 400ft over. Attempt to climb the slope to the North weren't successful - there seemed to be very little lift there.
Jim and Dan tried my wing while I flew their's. Maybe 12 pilots flew. It wasn't really possible to go anywhere or get high, so I made quite a few top-landings to make the day more interesting. The wind was pretty strong but very cross (a few of my top landing came up shorter than I expected). But the sun was shinning and spring is just around the corner...
CPC Post here -> http://groups.google.com/group/cpcl/browse_thread/thread/2eab974f1d5d8ad7
Photos here -> http://picasaweb.google.com/DMMullin/Cliffside02072009#
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