Just-for-fun gliding encampments and safaris

It is regularly done here in the North Island of NZ.This xmas there was a
choice of 2 and our club after the main camps are over runs a competition
for a week with 2 classes "hotshots" and everybody else.Lots of fun for
all concerned
gary
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Just-for-fun gliding encampments and safaris

Has your local gliding community had a successful soaring safari or
soaring
encampment
at an airport other than your home airport?

And...did you have fun?

Here in the north central states of the USA, we had several 2003 soaring
encampments to explore new terrain.
These were not competitions, just fun events with lots of pilots.

We based at Milbank, South Dakota, to explore the weather effects of the
Buffalo Ridge there,
and later flew at Chamberlain, South Dakota, on the banks of the Missouri
River

to explore the possibility of wave lift from the deep channel of the river
there.

We had a great time, met some new people, got to see some new geology and
terrain, and did it cheaply too.
The flying was fun during the day, and the parties were fun at night. They
were
great trips.
We plan more such encampments in the future.

Any others out there (in any country, not just the USA) with similar
experiences?
If so, and you would like to share it, please post it in this thread.
I'd like to present a few examples at the upcoming SSA Convention in
Atlanta,
GA, in February 2004.
Contributions will be accredited and used only with permission.

Bob Wander
Minneapolis MN USA