I live in and fly from Bishop California. Often when people talk about the
great flying in Minden, California City, or Tehachapi the stories they tell
of best soaring is actually within 60 miles of Bishop. My experience
supports this and Bishop should be on the list.

Here is a related story:

http://home.inreach.com/grahdani/24jul00.htm

"Fred" wrote in message
ups.com...
I DID pull up stakes for the soaring two years ago, and am in Minden.
Good wave (although a little late this year), good XC in the summer,
and world records just waiting to be set. There's a commercial
operation offering tows, oxygen and other support every day of the year
(weather permitting), and the scenery is stunning. Minden's reputation
stretches around the world (we have four Japanese and one British pilot
flying with us this week), and for good reason. We are not without
criticism, as future posters will doubtless point out, but we're
working on the things we can change and I think I made the right
decision. Fred