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Instead of flying Tuesday we drove up to the Colombia Icefields to do the two stations in that area. Sask River crossing: and Sunwapta: Even a foggy, rainy day in Jasper is better than anyday anywhere else.

Well, there was no helicopter yesterday. This is why: Yep. Fog, rain, drizzle, low cloud and behind it all: It’s a bad idea to fly anything when you can’t see. It’s an especially bad idea to fly helicopters near mountains … Continue reading →

Yesterday I woke up in Seattle and fell asleep in Jasper. Clint and I went down to Seattle because C has always wanted to see an NFL game and the Seahawks were playing the day before his birthday. It was … Continue reading →

While we were in the Ft Simpson area the wind speed detector at the Wrigly airport failed. My journeyman and I lept (sorta) into action and got on the charter the guys in Edmonton booked for us and ran out to Wrigly. … Continue reading →

We took the scenic route on the way out of the park.

The second site was about a 15 minute hop from the first. This is me beside the A-Star helicopter. Our pilot Fred was awesome. This is the station:

Two of the stations we worked on were in Nahanni National Park. We took a helicopter to get there. It was great!

Fort Simpson is at the confluence of the MacKenzie and the Liard rivers. We did the inspection of the autostation there the first day then we travelled from there to the sites in the area. Here’s a pic of the rivers. … Continue reading →

From Fort Providence we went to Fort Simpson where we worked out of for the next few days. On the way we stopped at the Sambaa Deh Falls on the Trout River. Click on the one above this.. I think it’s neat.

Woo! Internet. I’m home from the latest trip. Sadly there wasn’t good enough internet to post pics from the road this time but here they are now: The first stop was Fort Providence. The inspection was fairly uneventful but here’s … Continue reading →