{"id":15,"date":"2014-12-13T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annaeppink.com\/wpae_\/?p=15"},"modified":"2015-05-21T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T23:58:13","slug":"hanging-around-at-sylmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annaeppink.com\/avianna\/hanging-around-at-sylmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Around at Sylmar"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you can tell by my lack of posts, it’s been a slow season for flying since the Santa Cruz Flats Race. Between unusually poor soaring weather here, a vacation, car shopping, and kitten rescuing, I’ve missed out on way too much flying for my liking. At least I have a more hang gliding friendly vehicle to show for it, good memories with family, and those kittens successfully found a great home together. Meow.<\/p>\n

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All set up on Kagel Mountain. No, neither of those topless gliders are mine.<\/p><\/div>\n

Up until Thanksgiving weekend, between October and November I only found time for two–yes, you read that right–only two flights.<\/p>\n

After one of them at Palomar Mountain we came across three malnourished kittens. After catching them, and then recatching them in the car to put them in a box, we spent a few weeks getting our kitten fix and found a wonderful home for all three of them. A happy ending for all.<\/p>\n

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An (even more) hang gliding friendly brewery<\/p><\/div>\n

Over Thanksgiving weekend, which I like to dub Hangsgiving, I finally made the trip to fly with the Sylmar Hang Gliding Association<\/a> at their historic site. Thanks to Janyce I had a place to stay, and to the local pilots for showing me around the range. Though we never journeyed too far, I realized that I’ve been missing out on this fun site. A wonderful LZ, a great atmosphere, and many budding pilots including a sizable population of women pilots. What a great club they have! Also finally, Joe Greblo graced my presence, imparting to me a few crumbs of his encyclopedic knowledge. Coincidentally my visit came on the same weekend as their holiday party where I met many more of their members, including the amazing Katherine Yardley who once held the world straight distance record for women. The event was held at Golden Road Brewery<\/a>\u00a0where they even have hang gliders on the beer cans!\u00a0 I cannot wait to return to fly there. Between Sylmar and Crestline, we Southern California folk live in a paradise for hang gliding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And of course, how can I mention kittens without at least having one pic? Sky, Taj, and Jasper!<\/div>\n
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The Three Musketeers found at Palomar Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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