Treasure Island, FL - January 18/19, 2014

[Mytoyz]

Might be driving down on Thursday the 15th. Can let you know by this weds if that could be an option for you.

[cadguy]

@ Jeff... I land at 9:20am on Friday.

[Mike]

Fern, the kites, and I are in California right now. It's sunny and 70º right now :)
We'll be on the beach at TI on Saturday morning.

[goestoeleven]

Nice. You know the weather forecast here is calling for a high of -1 on Monday . . . good time for you to get out of here.

[Darkspark]

If I made a last minute decision to go, does anyone need a room mate or a car mate? Or at least a hotel name.

[Mike]

Most kiters stay at the Thunderbird Inn.
It'll be super great to fly with you there. Unfortunately, there's no extra space in my room, and I don't have a car.

[Darkspark]

No worries. I will check to see how much it is today.
I sure would like to go. Be nice to spend a couple days in the sun flying.

[cadguy]

fyi... the host hotel is called Thunderbird Beach Resort.

[Jeff]

David, did you get my email about my travel plans?

[Jynx]

Mikey ~ Mr. Denny just called the Thunderbird. All they have left is efficiency rooms ($). He got a room next door, not sure which hotel?

[Darkspark]

So far all the close hotels are in the $400 range for three nights. I am going to check a little further out. It is my fault for waiting so long.

[zero1199]

I'll be there on the 17th at 12pm, should be out flying by 2pm.
If anyone need somewhere to sleep let me know. (Free 17th-18th)

Lorelei resort motel
10273 Gulf Blvd, Treasure Island, FL, 33706

[Jeff]

Looks like my time in Florida will be extended a bit. Work wants me to go to a meeting in Orlando on the following Thursday. When I told my manager that I was going to be in the Tampa area on the weekend, he said he needed someone to do a site-walk for a customer on Tuesday as well, and that's in St. Pete. So I'll be staying to work in FL on Tues-Thurs.

[TMadz]

Looks like my time in Florida will be extended a bit. Work wants me to go to a meeting in Orlando on the following Thursday. When I told my manager that I was going to be in the Tampa area on the weekend, he said he needed someone to do a site-walk for a customer on Tuesday as well, and that's in St. Pete. So I'll be staying to work in FL on Tues-Thurs.

Be sure that when you tell your wife you do it with the proper amount of frustration and irritation at having to extend your stay.

[goestoeleven]

Be sure that when you tell your wife you do it with the proper amount of frustration and irritation at having to extend your stay.

Yeah, I have a fair amount of practice at finding the "proper" amount. Not too over the top . . . .

Oh, and, good for you Jeff! Hope you get to fly a bunch while you are there . . . .

[Jeff]

Well, once the fest is done, No more time for flying. Honestly, I'd rather just be home.

[goestoeleven]

Sorry to hear that. Oh well, at least your employer is covering some of your travel expenses (I hope).

[TMadz]

Pictures?

[goestoeleven]

Um . . . . I didn't take any . . . .

It was great to see everyone again at TI again. I only flew for an hour or two on Saturday as I got there very late. Sunday I got to TI about noon, and flew a bit (including a couple 6-person 180Go! routines with a couple guest flyers from Rev Ryders) . . . until the wind completely died. Then we had maybe 45 minutes of solid wind with a bit of drizzle . . . . followed by no wind again. Still, I had a great time. As an example of how light the wind was Sunday afternoon (except for the middle), I ran a couple 360s with Revs on 120 foot lines (once with a team rev, and once with Paul LeMaster's Zen).

[Mike]

Sorry, I didn't take any photos either...
Too busy having fun!