We fly our projects from the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada. It is a roughly 20 mi diameter quarter million year old dry lake bed - with about about a 6' layer of gypsum dense mud/dust covering a hard clay base. Base elevation is about 4000' MSL with surrounding mountains at 7-9k' MSL.

In the winter and spring, there is often water on the playa from run off from the surrounding mountains. This year there remains astonishing amounts of water - perhaps still a meter deep at our usual launch site and recovery area.

Our high power rocket club - AeroPac (www.aeropac.org), a prefecture of the Tripoli Rocketry Association - TRA (www.tripoli.org), organizes four major high power rocketry launches each year for over the last 20 years at Black Rock.

Mudroc - generally the third weekend in June.

Aeronaut - generally the first weekend in August.

ARLISS - 5 day event the second week of September.

XPRS - the third weekend in September following ARLISS.

The playa is currently covered with water and Mudroc looks in jeopardy.