Got to Vincent about 1100am or so after stopping at Quiznos for a gut buster and met six friends up on top. After ferrrying down some coolers and equipment I tried to go back up the hill from down below on the lower slab and took me two trys to make it up!! The FJ Cruiser came through again but not after a hairy off camber tire spinning backsliding boulder dodging dirt spewing finger croosed attempt!! (piece of cake) NOT!!!! So after the guys threw out a few planes I decided to head up to Grass which is about a thirty minute drive to the bottom of the fire road to Grass.Got up there and saw Bill De Hagen and Warren (concreteman) flying some F3F turns and were just blazin with I think Warren said he had 161 oz.??AUW Anyways therespeeds were impressive Pulled up under the tree and parked next to Mike who joins us every sat that he can with his son, who likes to watch mike and the gang fly. After setting up the Expresso I threw off in about 20 to 25 mph for a nice flight that lasted about twenty minutes. About an hour later the rest of the gang showed up from Vincent and the fun begin!!! Alan had just finished his Dogan and wanted to fly it at vincent but the lz is something else so he waited for grass ..Chris and Mark and HiLine Rick were in one truck and alan drove his jeep and Raul and Bill pulled up in his truck. We all started flying everything we had and about an hour later Slopin Santa and his Wife showed up to join in the fun!!!Mike wanted to maiden a plane but thats the only thing that he didnt fly!! Mark flew a raider wing and Raul had a couple of scalies Bill with the Acacia and Chris with his Opus Rick flew his Opus and then his Storm!!! I got to get me one of those they are sweeeeet Well flew till it got dark then had dinner and talked at Jimmy Deans in Town before not gettin home till 1030pm Had a great day with a bunch of good people!! jimmy in H.B.

 

Okay here goes these are the pics I took at Norco on sat without the big long drawn out story about how Awesome Norco is!But it is AWESOME A perfect saddle close to home and great flying and lift many many days out of the month :D I got video but I have to decode it to format into media player Soon to be released Something to think about!!! :D

 

Well after takin off last week I had to get to fly this last weekend! I have been looking for a four wheel drive truck to go flying with because I need a park and fly situation due to the fact my legs arent what they used to be. So thursday last week the 10th of May I along with mr golden tongue Chris went to talk to the fleet manager at Elmore T0yota in Westminister. After a test drive and five hours of intense grueling hashing back and forth I drove home in my brand new , with ten miles on it FJ Cruiser!!!!! AWESOME This car is a dream. So, after sitting home and reading the three hundred page manual on friday I get a call from this guy that says How about norco on Sat.!!! Yeah buddy I was rarin to go. So, sat We dragged Bill, Slopejunky, out of town for my first off road experience with my new toy! We got to Norco about two thirty and looked up that hill to the top and stared at it for a minute to get my bearings straight. So off we go, Chris in the front and Bill tucked in the back seat behind me, up to the top of the infamous death march hill!!! That WAS my nickname for it before I bought my car. Seems like when you walked up the hill you did want to die by the time you got to the top of the saddle!!! Now comes the other mystery of the infamous hill Can one fly with a southwest wind OR a Northeast wind or was I just dreaming about the SW direction? Chris chucks off the Stratos and hes off to the races!! Then Bill gives the Acacia a lob and flys for aout 20 or 30 minutes so I figure Ill set up my Tsunami and give it a hurl! I get the fuse out of the bag and SON OF A B***** I had left my battery switch on overnight! What a Bummer BUT, I was so giddy from the performance of the truck just chugging up the hill without one spin of any of the tires that i would settle to fly my Expresso. That seemed more than okay considering I just wanted to try out my new ride!!! We flew till five thirty or six and it just got smoother and smoother as the day wore on to make for a beautiful day on top of Norco mountain! Thank you Bill and Chris for the moral support saying come on jimmy you can do it! And they were right that toyota is just fabulous off road!! Well After I download the pictures I took I think at norco I will edit them into this blog I do have to put the camera pics into my computer for Sunday We, myself and Raul, went up to grass ,...... but that is another story! More to come on the great Mothers day trip to grass mountain! Jimmy in h.b. (with a big sh** eatin grin on my face!!!!Check out my NORCO blog for pics