Sorry about not keeping this page updated! It's been a busy few weeks since I last touched this blog and so I'll try to update you as to some of the things that have happened during that time.
First of all, after coming back to Grande Prairie after my brother's wedding, there was a huge mix-up and so I was left in a hotel with some other people with Little Smokey until the rest of the people arrived 4 days later! That was quite a bit of time lost there! Then we headed off to Worsley and that was an interesting place to work! We rented out a ski lodge and stayed there for the next shift and did a heli block! That was fun! I also hit a personal best during that shift, so I was pretty happy about that! I'll include some pictures below.
This is my tent that I stayed in during my stay there. It was raining the first day we were there, so I had to put my tent on wet ground. Consequently, my floor got a little wet and my foam pad was soaked. Luckily I didn't get too wet. I also made myself a hay path which many people seemed to like to use, lol. It worked pretty good and kept most of the mud off.
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This is the lodge itself. The part you're seeing right now is the front and is not actually where we stayed, although right to the far left, you can see the window to the kitchen. The lodge was very nice to stay in, had lots of room, had a very slow internet connection, but internet nonetheless, and a real bathroom and shower facility. That part was definitely the highlight of the stay!
This was the main helicopter we were using until it broke down and we had to get another one in to keep working. The heli show was pretty fun, but unfortunately the rides only lasted for about 2-3 minutes at a time. Still, it was an experience that very few get to have, so I felt privileged in that way. Our pilot, Tim, was awesome and very good at his job. He's been working with the company for a few years and is one of the most efficient helicopter pilots in the business.
Next, our crew headed back to Grande Prairie and stayed in the hotel for another 2 nights while doing a field. That was pretty terrible as it had rained and so the entire field was mud, so walking was quite difficult. I didn't do good that day, lol!
After this, we headed back to the Canfor Camp where I was originally at and that's where I'll be until the end of the season (excluding my other brother's wedding, lol)! Here, it has been interesting with 2 crews and a bit of people here, much more than we're used to, so it's been a bit of an adjustment. It has been raining alot, so much so that the river flooded and in doing so, flooded out at least 2 tents! They were completely soaked and the water went pretty deep! In some areas, the water went above my knees and one tent was in that! The other tent was only in 6-8 inches of water, lol! So, since this is everyone's day off, no one was there to pull it out except Kellie and myself, so we put on some shorts and I put on some sandals and we headed off to help clean up the mess that the rain had done and is continuing to do. My tent only has a small puddle by the entrance and my foam pad is soaked on the bottom as well, so I'll see what I can do about that, but it's all pretty trivial when compared to what other people had happen to them!
