Race Day One

We climbed out of Lake Havasu to 9500' to clear the ridges then continued a bumpy ride to a higher altitude for better winds. Landing at Gallup, NM was enjoyable as we got to see the same faces at the FBO (we visited them on the way to Lake Havasu). Gallup was windy but NOTHING compared to Hereford, TX. And the fuel service at Gallup was wonderful. Launching into the wind was interesting and we soon climbed to 10,500' with tailwinds headed to Goodland, KS. Forget about Hereford's winds, Goodland was REALLY gusty and blowing but Mary was great and the Mooney performed well. After almost 6 hours of flying across 5 states for a total of 872 miles we called it a day at Goodland. The other PA teams (Classic #5 Alison Chalker & Linda Evans; Classic #25 Ethel Bailey & Barb Zeigler) plus Classic #12 (Lynn Caywood & Susan Beall) all met at the Holiday Inn and had pizza for dinner, compliments of Classic #5!! classic #12 left at the beginning of the timing (06:30 MDT / 12:30 UTC) but we all decided to get some rest. Now it's a waiting game for better weather.