The cucumbers are giving up some most every day now.

And we have a bunch of acorn squash buried amongst the squash vines. Amazingly we have corn and watermelons growing which is not normal for the farm.

The chatter finally built enough and too many people were going to Tekoa that I had to go and see if I could get a flight. ALL the models showed the winds backing off mid day so we all hoped it would work out.

Got to the gate an it took a bit of waiting for others to arrive.

We got to the top and it was straight NUKING! The wind was sustained 15+ with pumps well over 20.

We all stood and glared at the wind and the sky before heading downhill a bit to try the SE ridge line.

As I hiked down the road I saw Levi setting up on the hillside so stopped to watch his launch.

Of course he popped off the hill and spun up in the air over the mountain. Levi is astonishingly good and so quickly!

So back to the top of the hill we went were Mike was setting up his hang glider, his VERY pricey ATOS that is made of carbon fiber.

The winds never relaxed while we were there and mike kept setting up for his flight. We all headed down the hill as most everyone else was going to Saltese to play. I had no desire for a hike and sledder so headed for home.

Traffic moved well enough and I was home around 2pm. It sucked not getting a flight but it was good to hang with everyone. They all got short flight later in the day while Levi landed at Hayden Lake and Mike landed north of Sandpoint.

Mike's wife had found my hook knife on launch a few month back so I finally got it back. Turns out the sleeve for it was loose and couldn't hold it in. The plastic case needed to be squished back down.

So I took the heat gun to it and got it good and hot so I was able to press the sides together to make it hold much tighter now. I also have it mounted in my flight deck with a lanyard so I don't lose it again.

I spent time on the deck and managed to refine the classifying. I got it dialed so that I can get through a 5 gallon bucket in about 10 minutes.

A quick video of the ease of use.

I now have all 3 buckets sorted to the 3 sizes, well 4 with the dust. The smallest sized and largest amount of rocks went to the 5 gallon buckets while the medium sized went to tubs atop the buckets and the largest rocks in small buckets. We can now work though them and wash and sort.

I got a fire going to grill.

As I was grilling the steaks I saw this wasp thing flying around the bricks. I got out my phone to get a picture of it and managed to snap this shot which was of its last few moments of life.

The dumb thing flew right at the fire and killed itself. It landed there in the ashes.

Dinner on the deck was delicious.

Then out to soak for a bit.

The boys have a play day at friends I will be dropping them off at this morning. Then I have a bunch to do around the farm, there is storms to the south with some rain floating around the region, harvests, garlic to keep trimming, and should work on getting my old phone ready for J.

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