Dear John & Jo: How nice to hear from the Great North!! Glad you had a safe trip there, despite the weather. Give Alan a big hug from the Shetland St. MacLean's. How wonderful that you got out to visit with him again. How long is your stay this time? I know... always too short. Have a wonderful visit - pictures would be nice....hint, hint...haha. I know you'll have a wonderful trip, hope to see you sometime soon, Love Marina
jmaclean wrote: > > Hi all, > As you have probably heard by now, we were two days late leaving > Georgetown as the weather was not in our favour. We finally left > last Sunday in clear skies and had a great flight to Thunder Bay, > where again we were stopped by weather. This happened each day in > our travels, so stopped in Brandon Manitoba the next night, then > Vermillion Sask, Peace River and finally getting to Fort Simpson > Thursday afternoon. Weather here was very warm, almost 30 C. > Good to see Alan again. He has a nice house that he is renting, > very bright and spacious. Another pilot for the summer is staying > in his house with him, and they seem to get on well. > > The day after we got here, Alan had his dad co-pilot the Twin > Otter as he took a group of tourists and gear to the Moose Ponds, > which is the headwater of the Nahanni River. They will paddle and > portage back here, expecting to arrive in 21 to 25 days. John was > absolutely thrilled to be flying with Alan, and to be in the Twin > Otter again. He was full of talk about it for days afterwards. > > We have been going for walks and chatting with folks here, > whenever Alan is working. Last night we all went to a surprise > birthday party for a parks girl, Sharon, who we had met when we > were last here. Everyone is incredibly friendly, and age > difference are of no importance. We finally walked home at 2 am, > and the sky was like dusk, it never did get completely dark. > > Today we are going for a picnic BBQ at Jacques and Laverna's, > Alan's boss's place. An old bush pilot from this area, Pete > Cowie, will also be there. We have read about him in a number of > books of the north, so there should be lots of stories to listen > to this evening. > > We haven't a schedule as to what we are doing and when, as we wait > for Alan to firm things up for us, and that is a wait and see > situation. Indeed, Alan has not changed that much. > > Time to go get ready for the BBQ, so will be in touch later. > > J&J
