Gotta share this: Yesterday was a perfect soaring day here in the
Hudson Valley with NW winds and scattered cu's streeting at 6000+ feet.
I was out riding my bike and looking up at this sky, eating my heart
out and counting the days until I can fly again. Then I chanced to see
an object falling to the road in front of me -- not from a tree or
passing vehicle, but out of the sky. It was one of those lightweight
clear plastic containers with a hinged top, like for a quart of
strawberries. I've thermaled with leaves, plastic bags, newspaper,
etc. lots of times but this was the first time I witnessed a piece of
thermal-borne debris falling back to earth.