On Jan 1, 5:50*pm, Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
Several "first of the year" flights in my new ASK-21 in thermals to
8,500' msl. *(Marfa airport is almost 5,000' msl.)
Beautiful Lennies 100 miles north over Guadalupe Peak on the New
Mexico - Texas state border.

Hollister had several 1/1/11 flights too.
In the afternoon a gentle wave set up right by the airport - but the
overcast kept us below 5000'