It looked like a perfect morning to go flying. Blue sky, crisp air and very light wind. I decided to fly to Sun Peaks, the second largest ski area in Canada. It was the closing ski season day on the hill.

The flight was very picturesque and relaxing. The sky was all around clear, except the Sun Peaks area. I could see from many km away a band of fluffy clouds above to peaks, signaling thermal activities and turbulence. It would be an ideal time for sail plane pilots to take an advantage of the free uplifting power of clouds, but not for me. I have great respect and zero experience with those thermal, fluffy clouds. For a while I was threading under the blue sky between clouds gaps. I choose one, very well define and small cloud to check the updraft under it. It was very good kick with all those unpleasant turbulence effect on my trike. It was enough for me. I decided to turn around and away from those potentially unwelcomed surprises. Regardless, the country site is beautiful all around us, so no regret.