I've been talking with the DARTS and will be heading to their next club meeting - Great group of people from what I've seen so far.

Actually that's what got me started on this goal. Every club in the area is at least 30 minutes away from me as the crow flies (read 40+ minutes in traffic.) Not a huge deal, except I have 4 parks of 5+ acres within a mile of my house. When i first started purchasing planes, all I knew was 1 flying site that, while the people are nice, isn't my cup of tea. The hobby shop 2 miles away didn't know any place to fly except there (to their credit, the manager has told me she just hasn't found a good plane person - they're mostly cars). I found the DARTS after I joined AMA and really like what I've seen so far. However, I just keep thinking about how nice it'd be to catch that last 20 minutes of good sun basically in my back yard, as well as all the others who could be out there with me from the LHS.

Greg S