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
