Never mind the pithy comebacks----I been gone fer a while, looks like Zoe is growing to more than chicken winglet size and is doing very well (just look at them BIG brown eyes) on what Mama is providing for nourishment. I'm glad things are peachy.
Saw Eric's humor here too---how's things Baudet these days Erik---doing any flying? If you're cold just remember the skeeters don't arrive till after spring thaw.
Had some days in Jan. and Feb. that were cold enough to suspend flight operations. I've been doing some flying with students and a smattering of photography ops for the locals. One of my students has to quit for 3 months because he's opening his lodge for the summer next month and needs to stay up there constantly.
I apparently waited too long to talk to the guy with the fire contract, so I'll only be a back-up for the Baudette route this year. I'm not sure how he'll justify paying someone else to fly back and forth from Park Rapids every day, when he could just base the plane here and have me fly it. It's an extra hour each way in a 172.
The lake is starting to open up. Someone put a 3/4 ton pickup through the ice the other day (in only 6 feet of water) on Four-Mile Bay. The river is starting to thaw, as well -- we had 4 feet of ice on it after that cold snap. It's open shore to shore up river from the airport about 10 miles. Won't take long for the rest to break up. The fishing is picking up again as the walleye move back towards the lake. Mosquito season will soon be upon us.
How's foggy N. Cali?
