Team rendezvous in Arizona

We all had an early start today. Cara and Lydia left Fort Collins at 5:45 and boarded a commercial flight from Denver to Phoenix. Thanks Marc!  (Don't know who the lad is in the photo but caught this shot of Cara in busy DIA)

Departed on 17L and soared up over the Rockies. Forecast is to hit 105 degrees in Phoenix today. 

Caroline left Silver City at 9:45 and flew into the wind to Casa Grande.  

The wild wind stripped some of the race numbers. We did some temporary repairs for now and will do a proper patch job in Concord. 

After some weather checks and fueling for the plane and the crew we blasted off as a team towards the west. 

The terrain was rugged, dry and rocky... 

Except for this strip where we crossed the Colorado river and into California. 

We flew past Joshua Tree national park and several wilderness areas. Also saw some tremendous solar arrays. Tonight we are in Apple Valley where the evening wind was gusting in the 20's and we decided to call it a day to start fresh in the AM.