Jenn, Ava, and I left last Friday and drove 6 hours to an area near Pasco, Washington to attend the Memorial Day PPC Rally. There was a good turnout and it was lots of fun. The weather was pretty good, with great flying conditions most mornings and evenings. At times there were probably 40 PPCs in the air, flying all around the area. Ava loved watching all the aircraft flying around.

The camping was on a sod farm, which turned out to be great for Ava. She could walk all around the area in bare feet, and not hurt her feet or get dirty since it was all perfectly cut grass.

I took over 200 pictures, you can view the entire gallery by visiting www.scottandjenn.com/cpg/thumbnails.php

Here’s a couple of my favorite pics:

 

This is the setting, a very large sod farm surrounded by farm land. People camp in trailers and RVs during the fly-in.

 

Lots of fun watching everyone flying around

 

A beautiful evening brought everyone out to fly till sunset

 

 

Ava and I walking back to the trailer

 

Lots of varieties of chutes to look at and identify different pilots and aircraft

 

 

Ava "flying" our PPC back to the trailer after I got back from a flight. She will be a great pilot!

 

Clyde Poser brought his weight-shift trike out, it was a lot of fun to watch!

 

Here’s me shortly after takeoff:

 

 

Me flying my kite when it was too windy to fly:

 

Ava with her flight cap on, waiting for the day she can go up

 

 

Jenn and Ava sitting at the table by our camp

 

 

Ava and I swinging around:

 

Trike shortly after takeoff

 

Me doing my engine warmup and preflight

 

Ava and I watching an aircraft fly by

 

 

"Can I take it up, Dad?"