We had our first leg of the average speed yesterday.  The race went off well, with cool temperatures throughought the morning.  Congratulations to the first drop of 50.  Also, to Oscar and Linda Devries from Canada being first in the trap.  

Our plan is to race the 190 mile on Tuesday weather permitting.  The weather is changing daily in the desert.  We are hoping the next few weeks stay consistent with what we have now.  

****Race entry sheets to be emailed this weekend.  

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We are planning to race the 140 mile on Thursday.  Our weather,  20-70 miles from the loft, is currently high winds 20-40 mph for the next couple days with wind advisory in effect until late Tuesday night.   

We will be emailing entry sheets later in the week.  We ask all breeders to make sure their emails are correct.  

For those planning on coming to San Diego, Our room discount will be for 2 more days.  

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We are training tomorrow with a release at 110 miles.  We plan to have the first race at 140 mile next week either November 1st or 2nd.  We will fly the 190 mile a week later.  

Please note.....Activation for the California Classic is the 190 mile race.  We will be emailing entry sheets November 1st.  Breeders not coming to race can either mail or Paypal entry fees along with entry sheet.  Entry sheet and fees via mail will be accepted no later than November 15th.  Those coming to race will have oppurtunity to pay Monday night at hotel.  

Good luck to all!!!

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90 mile toss cancelled.  Desert in the eighties at 6:30 a.m with headwinds now at 10-15 but expected to get o 25-40 mph midday.  Brought birds back to 42 miles.  Starting Tuesday temperatures should be somewhat normal.

Our 80 mile toss yesterday was not so easy.  The birds were mass released early with a temperature of 61 degrees.  Slight variable wind.  Birds got together and left in one group.  At the loft, temperature was 75.  The last 3 weeks temperatures have been ridiculous in the desert.  Which is why I kept the birds at 42-46 miles for more tosses than usual.  This week, Wednesday showed the best day to go further.  Those that have raced the course know this is not a lollipop course even when it is cool.  High temperatures will continue until the weekend where we hope things become more normal.  We are planning on a 90 mile trainer on Sunday.

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Sunday's toss was pretty typical for a headwind day at release.  It was just a slight wind but for some reason birds always come broken up like this over the years.  The toss did take a lot more energy than expected.  We will give the birds another day to recup and train again on Wednesday.  

**For those breeders participating in this years race, please make sure you received email regarding San Diego race week schedule.  Deadline for California Classic RSVP is this week.

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We were planning on another 70 mile toss Saturday.  However, we were told yesterday that a solar eclipse is happening at 8:00 a.m..  We are not training or loft flying tomorrow.  We appreciate the notice and concern from those breeders that contacted us.  We hope to resume training Sunday.  

The temperature in the desert is expected to cool down 10-15 degrees starting this week.  Today very windy this morning with high winds this afternoon in the mountains.  Sand storms/20-30 mph winds  predicted tomorrow in the desert.  

We will loft fly today and keep birds in tomorrow.  We plan on 65 mile Thursday.  We will start mass release hopefully Saturday or Sunday at 70-75 miles.

The birds are looking very good.   They have a lot of tosses under their wing.  We now just need mother nature to be kind.

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We were planning on another 60 mile toss this morning.  The temperature in the desert at 7:00 was 80 degrees and getting hotter by the minute.   Brought birds back to 42 miles where it was a little cooler.  Will try agin tomorrow.

***Live clocking  report missed 12 birds today.  It will be resolved on next toss.

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We had our first release in the desert.  Birds were released in 4 big groups..5 min apart.  The desert was warm with temperature at 75.  Once birds hit the mountains the temperature cooled down 5-6 degrees.  However, Strong crosswinds half way home.  We plan on mass releaseing later part of next week.  Temperatures expected to get hot in the desert for the next week. We will train accordingly.   We will adjust our days training to 3-4 days a week as we move further in distance.  

For those coming to San Diego for race week, now is the time to make your hotel reservations.  We emailed race information a few days ago.  

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