Chad and I launched around 3:30 into a mix of thermals and a bit of ridge lift. It got pretty rowdy with bullet thermals for a while but was a lot of fun. Chad stayed a little higher near launch and to the right while I maintained about 2300' out front and to the left.
Then things smoothed out and lift was massive and abundant. Not super high - maybe 2700' where a strong wind shear layer was hanging out and capping things. Even out over town and part way over the river was lifty. Odd for Bingen in my experience.
Then the winds made there arrival. Got pretty parked all the way down to 400'. LZ was mellow though. A couple of people launched later at around 7 and got pinned pretty well I hear.
All in all a really nice 2ish hour flight.