The Virginia spring fling is officially in the books, and we are home safe and sound. My sister and I departed our homes early on Wednesday May 1to begin our journey to Virginia. Since we live on opposite sides of Florida, we thought it would be best if we met at the welcome center on the Florida/Georgia line.

Once we met up, we had some lunch, stretched our legs for a while and then continued on with our adventure. We drove all day, stopping a couple of times to rest and refuel. By about 8PM, we had made it to North Carolina. We were tired from driving all day, so we decided to get a hotel room for the the night. We got up the next day and had a nice leisurely breakfast at Crack barrel, and then finished the drive into Virginia.

We arrived at the event sometime around noon.....ish, and immediately started socializing with all of our friends, and even made a few new ones as the week progressed.

 Neither of us had ever been to spring fling before, so it was an amazing experience for us. The Fredericksburg area RC club`s field is absolutely beautiful. It has two very large flying areas, air conditioned showers and restrooms, and an air conditioned clubhouse. It is truly one of the nicest flying fields we have ever visited.

We didn`t fly the first day, but we made up for it on Friday. Grace and I must have flown at least 10 times each, and I was having a lot of fun doing autos.

When we were not flying, Judith from Miniature Aircraft was taking photos of the team. so I decided to ham a little for the camera. I`m glad I did, because I love the photo she took of me so much, that I made it my new FaceBook profile image.

Friday night after the flying wound down, we all went to dinner at Poco Loco Mexican restaurant, Which is only 2 minutes away from the field. That place was amazing! The food was really good, and the service was outstanding. After dinner, we went back to the field, and tried to get some sleep. That didn`t happen, because we had our tent set up too close to the night flying area. So we decided that Saturday.... we were going to move to a hotel. We ended up in the same hotel as the team, so we still didn`t get to bed as early as I wanted to...Hahahaha.

Saturday and Sunday were not as nice as far as the weather went. It was cold and misty on both days, but it didn`t stop the party. There was still a lot of flying going on. Mitch and Josef were also testing the new Interceptor 700SN, which should be available very soon.

Miniature Aircraft was one of the major sponsors of the spring fling, and we definitely made a showing. Josef and Judith donated two helicopter kits to be given away in the pilot raffles as well. An Interceptor 600G, and a Fury 57SN.

Also..... We had the pleasure of meeting Simone Zunterer from Germany. She is such a wonder person, and she is a LOT of fun to be around. I hope we get to see her again very soon.

If you have never been to the Virginia spring fling, you should definitely put this event on your calendar. Grace and I had been putting it off for the longest time, because of the long drive. But it was well worth the trip, and it`s now on our list of must go events every year.

I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who works so hard to make this event happen. You guys are awesome, and we all appreciate your hard work and dedication to the hobby.

I would also like to thank Josef and Judith of Miniature Aircraft, for all of the support that they have given to me over that past several years. I love you guys so much, and I will see you at the next event.