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Chigs in the Morning

Already back from today's flight. Went with Captain Hero. Talked about hunting and traveling. Things went well. Dropped off everything for chigs. Went to chignik bay and the lagoon. Great weather. Had a weird approach into king. Followed a DC-9 in and then had to go around cuz they took forever to get off the runway. It was no big deal but Captain Hero was irritated. For some reason he gets in a big hurry coming back to kig salmon. Every time! Just need to chill.

January 4th

Today is Joel's day to fly first. I will take the second flight if there is one today. May be going up north again to rescue the goose. We are waiting for the ice to get thicker and thicker so it can take off on the ice. We have not heard if there will be another. Joel and captain Hero left about 10:15 local time. 11:15 Seattle time. Going to the Chigniks, Perryville, and Port Heiden. Perryville is calling zero zero which means u can't see your hand in front of your face. So try may not go into Perryville today. We will see. Captain Hero has a way of doing the impossible. Pretty windy down there to. Even really cold down there with snow! So we will see how the day goes. Washing clothes today and watching TV. So, it will be a lazy day! This morning was -40F. Hard to breathe. My eye lashes grew idicles. Pretty nuts. Well, Talk to you soon!

I have fixed the commenting!

Anyone and everyone can now post comments to my blog! Feel free! Another side note, Joel and I have decided to only use our first names and no one else's. We have given Alias to these people because our intension is not to offend anyone. Just tell the story from our points of view. To comment, all you need to do is click on the greenish comments button below my post. Then write your comment and click publish. Thank you for following along!

Goose is being Rescued

Just sent a caravan to Port Alsworth to rescue our Goose. Taking up engine heaters and barrels of fuel. Gotta get the plane back to Anchorage. It will be fully inspected and then returned to Dutch Harbor hopefully. Joel and Captain Hero headed up there. I was there yesterday. Beautiful area. Very nice and all the people are very gracious. Flew to the chigs and port Heiden today. Bumpy today and starting to get super cold again. Forecasting -25 to -30 below zero. Windchills to -40 below zero. At this point it's not even funny. When you step outside you can barely breathe. And any exposed skin hurts. It basically skips the feeling of being cold and goes straight to pain. Keeping pretty warm though. Working everyday so far. Getting to fly too. I am only 74 hours away from the hours required to upgrade to the Saab in March. I am right on track and will make it without question. I am really excited and I hope I get the chance to upgrade. This is what I want most. Keep your fingers crossed!
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Goose Down

Well, today was pretty exciting. Flew to egegik and pilot point with Captain Pip. Got back and was told we needed to go to port alsworth. Our one and only Grumman Goose went down in a frozen lake ten miles north of port alsworth. General D and I got into the Caravan and flew up. Good news is only one guy on board. The pilot survived without a scratch. Actually the plane sounds like it is not damaged. So that's good. It's was pretty scary when we got word the plane went down and we didn't know where to look. Once we got on the ground we got invited in to a local guys house for a feast. It was delicious. Lots of people were there. It was a Russian feast. Apparently new years is a big holiday in Russia and the family's daughter in law is Russian. It was really nice and people there were great. We grabbed the pilot and flew back to king salmon. He flew back to anchorage on the Saab tonight. Pretty exciting. Wonder what we will do about the goose. Stay tuned!

Internet interruption

Our Internet sucks right now. Only way to do anything is go to eddies so be patient with my posts. They may be scarce unless they fix Internet. I will do my best. Didn't do much today. Walked around and hung out. I slept till noon. Felt good. Work is gonna be extremely slow this month. Only one flight per day. Gonna trade off with Joel. I will leave here the 10th of January for 10 days back in Seattle. Then come back up the 20th and will not be back till the 15th of February. Long shift but hopefully I will find out about upgrades soon. I will keep you all posted.