Thursday, April 10, 2008

One of our members spent a week at Wallaby, and did this great write up. Keith Atkins is a good writer, and has been featured in the magazine a couple of times for his great stories. I can't wait to go myself, if every I can take that much time off,argggg

Wallaby ranch is paradise and like disney world for hang glider pilots: beautiful setting and relaxing amenities, catering to your every desire, terrific and helpful staff (malcom, laurie, caroline, heather, paul, mick, carlos and all the rest), swimming pool, hot tub, covered decks, volley ball court, kiddie play areas, ping pong, radio controlled toys, 2 kegs on perpetual tap (!), porch swings and hammocks under the live oaks and vines, indoor fire pit, comfortable dining area, 2 gourmet meals every day for only $5.00 (!), camping and cabins, showers and toilets, huge lz's, 5 tow planes and excellent tow pilots, safety is the watch word followed by fun and hospitality, pro shop with numerous rentals available, cool t-shirts and art, the honor system for paying your tab, making new friends, all the activity, a party with band and margaritas, great flights and bodacious lift, wills wing demo days, over 600 tows in one week(!), circus tent, catered bbq dinner, wills wing slide shows and videos, great talks by wills senior and rob kells, and more. needless to say, i didn't want to leave... wallaby ranch is now on my annual vacation list. alan and his boys were in disney world which they dubbed "disney line". they came over to wallaby twice. the boys took tandem flights on their second day and pronounced hang gliding at wallaby is "way cooler than disney world!" alan did not fly this time but wants to plan a trip there for next year. i'm in.
keith

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