Philip Morgan

Point of the mountain

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:50:00 -0700

6/14/11
I have now paid dues to the local club good for a whole year. I flew the north side of point of the mountain and boy was it crowded. The launch is only about 300 feet high and the idea is to bench up to the upper ridge for easier flying. I could not do it. There was just too much traffic on the ridge. This may have been a great site once upon a time but in my opinion there are too many pilots now for this to be a great site. I had a good landing at the bottom after about 20 minutes on the ridge. If I fly again tomorrow then it will hopefully be when fewer people are flying. They said to be there at 6:30 in the morning.

Utah Lake State Park

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:04:00 -0700

Well, we have finally made it to Utah! we are staying at the Utah Lake State Park and there are very few camp sites taken. I haven't seen any other children here and the playground is really pitiful.

It got really windy while we were setting up the tent and I thought that the storm might ruin our tent. It is not staked down very well because it is set up on a concrete pad and there is nothing to stake it directly to. thankfully the wind stopped and now we can cook supper in peace.

While Loretta was cooking supper, Rebecca and I went around the camping loop several times so that she could "burn off some energy". Rebecca is really acting hyper today. The very last time we went around the loop, she was almost attacked by a dog that was chained to a fence post and we did not see until it was too late. Luckily Rebecca veered away just in the nick of time and the chain was too short to reach the other side of the road. I had a talk with the dog owner later about controlling his animal and he took it rather well. I am thankful that Rebecca did not overreact to the near miss.

There is a very nice jogging trail just on the other side of the campground. It is paved and very scenic. I hope to take Rebecca on a bike ride there in the morning to burn off a little more energy.

Happy Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:33:00 -0700

130 MB Quicktime video file!
Rebecca is one year old and gets a chocolate mess all over her face. She is beautiful!

Busch Gardens

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:32:00 -0700

Busch Gardens in Williamsburg Virginia. We should have gotten seven day passes to this place!

Bristol Virginia

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:31:00 -0700

Our stop before the final leg to Williamsburg Va. Rebecca and Loretta swim in the motel pool in Bristol.

Rebecca Video

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:45:00 -0800

This is my latest attempt to have a blog with videos. I will see if the iTunes link works on this file. It is 35.4 MB and pretty boring unless you are my mother so don't bother downloading it if you have a choice.

Photo Of David

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:22:00 -0700

I just got my Hangglider harness in today and don't have a photo to post on the web. Well, I decided to post a photo of my son, David at a Region Jazz contest in the fall of 2005 (November 12). Soon I will have a photo of him wearing our beautiful orange harness!

I am just jabbering

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:37:00 -0700

Hello.
that is the normal way to begin a conversation, right? Well, anyway I am still trying to figgure out this blogging thing. I have four blogs going and originally I wanted them all to be audio blogs. I even had RSS feeds set up for them. Unfortunately, the feeds do not seem to work properly. My iTunes doesn't seem to know that they exist! I suppose that the best thing for me to do right now is to forget that the RSS feeds even exist and just start writing. Writing is an age tested method of communicating with other people. It may be a good way to prevent my mind from going stale also.

I am enjoying reading about people's adventures down in Florida for the Flytec meet. This is a hanggliding event where people get to have long xc flights almost every day. Some years the flying is good every day. This year they had to miss one day due to bad weather. It was too windy. Mark Stump was in the news today because he was the only one not to make goal! hopefully, I won't read about him in this light again.

Well, that is all for now. It has stopped raining and is a good time to go for a walk on Mt. Nebo.

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Tuesday and WednesdayPagosa Day 6 and 7

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 08:34:00 -0700

We went hiking on both days and now David tells me that he has had enough and we must take a break from hiking on Thursday. I am having trouble with my iDisk which holds the audio files for the blogs so have placed the files temporarily on my other home page which I use FTP to transfer files to. I will also experiment now to see if I can place two audio files on one blog entry.

Pagosa Day 5

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 05:53:00 -0700

We finally went on a rafting trip here in Colorado. The water was frigid and I hated getting it splashed on me but none of the Morgan family got hypothermia or fell in. Next time I come to Colorado, I think I will bring my own Kayaking equipment and go down the river myself at a leisurely pace.
Tomorrow we go hiking to a waterfall that Loretta has picked out.

Pagosa Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:39:00 -0700

Today was another great day even though it looked like it was going to rain all day long. We hiked at the park in town and ate a great home cooked meal. Tomorrow we will go rafting down a river. The high is forecast to be 78F but when we get started down the river the temperature will probably be about 45F. That is pretty chilly for wearing shorts! I hope we are all smiles after this trip.

Saturday, Pagosa Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:55:00 -0700

We went for our first walk out of town this morning and I must say that it was the most beautiful hike that I have ever been on. I don't have an MP3 yet but I will try to start making them since I know that I can post them now. I don't have my digital camera so it will probably be over a week before I get to see the photos that I have taken or can post them online.
The morning started off great with a hot air baloon launch just outside our door! Loretta and David both want to take a ride but I am not sure that I want to fork out the cash.
I have high speed internet access now at the Higher Ground coffee shop within walking distance of our room. That means I will probably blog more often.
Tomorrow I will try to have an Mp3 for my family to listen to. Until then, I am going back to my vacation!
Bye!

Thursday, Pagosa Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Thu, 9 Jun 2005 22:00:00 -0700

We spent all day driving and have made it as far as New Mexico. Tommorow we will complete our journey and arrive at Pagosa. We hit a large Thunderstorm in Oklahoma City and decided to slow down when I saw 5 separate cars either slammed into a guard rail or stuck in the median. They appear to have lost control after hydroplaning. I hydroplaned once during a hangglider trip to Florida while driving an SUV. It was no fun and I too took the wrong response ending up in the median.
I have wireless internet here at the Microtel Inn and am very happy with the room. I wouldn't mind spending the entire vacation in a room like this one. After all, David and I survived last week staying in a tent in rainy conditions. I would probably appreciate any airconditioned room.

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Sat, 21 May 2005 17:16:00 -0700

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Sun, 8 May 2005 10:54:00 -0700

Hello World

noreply@blogger.com (Soarman) — Mon, 2 May 2005 20:04:00 -0700

This is my third blog and like the other two, it will probably be an audio blog. One of the others deals with Soaring here in Arkansas. The other one deals with Mt. Nebo which is the mountain right by my house. This one will primarily be for my family to listen to and read.