Ok thanks guys

There was a club up here but it went somewhere never to be found.

I was an aircadet for quite a few years so I know all about flight basics and I have flown a couple of gliders, real and model.
my basic plan of attack is to do a few small touch and goes to get the feel of landing and flying close to the ground. I am also going to taxi it around for awhile just to get a feel for the rudder.
then once in the air I am going to take up as far as I can and cut back the throttle to see what the stall speed is like and how well it recovers.

We also lack any good flying feilds close by so that is why I am doing this now, the spot I have picked out on the lake is very flat and the snow is pretty soft. I have read and studied everything I can about flying this thing, so hopefully I won't wreak to bad.
If I had the money I would go out and buy a real trainer. The Sturdy Birdy 2 looks real nice and would work with everything I have now. But money is really tight at the moment.
I also have a fairchild ranger that still needs to be built, it was electric but I am going to convert it to glow, I might be able to use it as a trainer, if I can build it light and strong enough.

Anyways thanks for the help, I will be going up sometime this week.:-)