December 28, 2012

Last night brought another thunderstorm with high wind, lightning and about 50 mm of rain, which made it a good test for my newly acquired camping equipment. The tent stood up to the elements very well, and I and everything inside, stayed completely dry. I was glad that I bought the sleeping bag, as by morning it was quite chilly, but I had no problems staying warm and comfortable.

Because of the damage to the antenna caused by a thunderstorm a few nights ago, the Internet at the airfield has been out of service, and as you can imagine, this is quite a problem. As Marcel put it, in order to stay alive, you need air, water, Internet and food, in that order. Hopefully, the organizers will be able to fix it later today, so I can email back home and post the blog entries that I have been typing.

Luis had more driving problems, having to do a lengthy detour, and is now expecting to arrive today in the afternoon. I told him not to worry and to take it easy (tranquilo) as we will have a lot of time for preparations and training before the competition officially starts on January 6th. Furthermore, the last night’s rain left a lot of puddles everywhere around the airfield, including both runways, so the organizers weren’t sure if flying today would even be possible.