April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

The temperature has warmed up a lot today, 83. I went to the mountain with hopes of strong rising air. The wind was spotty, at times very strong and other times dead calm. Widow was dying to get out of the truck. I unhooded her on the perch in the back of the truck and she launched from there. As I walked along the side of the mountain Widow was riding the air across the gorge. I covered the entire bottom of the gorge looking for signs of animal life, saw only deer tracks. I worked my way back up the mountain and sat down with the idea that I would wait Widow out. After about 15 minutes she flew out and caught a thermal and went up to about 1500 feet. I threw out the lure and drug it along the ground Widow stooped in wonderfully and hammered the lure. After a transfer she left the ground and to my surprise caught another thermal and went back up, maybe higher, hard to tell. Once again I pulled out the lure and she came down with tons of speed. Maybe she is starting to put things together.