I left for the Grade the first time at 970 feet. I got my head handed to me on a platter, getting pounded in rotor on the last two ridges.

The next time I headed for the Grade with 1,300... but only just made it. There I found Mr. Jones.

Looking towards Fort Ross. If you can believe it, I'm just about pointed into the wind in this photo. That's how cross it was.

Leo practically parked and also pointing into the wind. Ok buddy... so what do we do now?

Looking back towards launch. I followed Leo back there for a change of scene.

In about 60 seconds I was back at launch, pushed along by the strong west tailwind.

Looking at the Grade and cloud from over launch.

The lift around launch was still pretty good so I flew out over the water and took this photo looking back at the launch bowl.

The Grade with it's typical cap cloud.

Leo lining up for his first approach. You can see his shadow off his right tip in the green grass.

Doing some S-turns to burn off altitude. You can see Leo's shadow just to the left of the road in the tan grass.

Still flying. I thought Leo was pretty smart for doing a low pass to check out conditions before making his landing.

Or I thought maybe he was just pleasing the crowd. Turns out he was just over shooting a wee bit.

Still skimming the ground and about to head back out into the lift.

Meanwhile, I pass the time by taking in the views.

Leo on approach number 2, skimming over the path. But his glider was like the Energizer Bunny. It just kept going... and going... and going.