Offered, JJ, offered. Not necessarily given.

You have seen me at Avenal in the K-21.
Or maybe not, as I often finish early enough in Sports Class to
be busy aeroretrieving folks with the 182 after my beloved -21
is tied down safely.

We tippytoe around our miles, keeping glide to runways, practicing
centering and calculating and navigating, and often relaying messages
for folks long and low from home. After claiming our minimum time,
the student du jour is usually mentally tired enough to bag the task.

We crawl home at well above glide slope, cross the finish cylinder and
revert to local flyers. Observe the wind sock, listen for traffic,
observe the neighborhood for other traffic (many times not on
frequency), and if all looks like we will not impinge on anyone else's
fun, we have been seen to thrill the front porch crowd.... with plenty
of time and savvy to convert speed to altitude, make a reversal, and
land in normal speed and configuration from our "low" downwind leg.
Not over campers, not over RVs, not over the clubhouse,
nor the town, etc.

The low downwind leg is not for the front porch crowd. It is our
celebration of having gotten home with enough extra to splurge,
without fouling anyone else's fun. That's the way the discussion
goes in our cockpit, at least.
I think that can be taught within the recreational or contesting
arena, and promotes a different outlook on zoomies that is still
consistent with safe operations.
(And hey, if it helps fill my schedule for the event, I don't mind!)

If we don't get home with that much reserve.... it doesn't happen.

Hoping to celebrate soaring(responsibly) a little next week . . .

Cindy