Brendo and I went to Points North this morning to pick up the slings for the chopper. Points North is a series of warehouses and has an airstrip which services the local area. We checked out his shed for logging and then we saw a chopper that took a fall a while back. Not that nice seeing it after the chopper ride yesterday, but we have a good pilot, a good machine and a good conditions. Mark used the slings that morning to take timber out to the drill site. Slinging a 8 by 8 inch 10 foot long piece of timber looked quite difficult.
That afternoon, we got back into the chopper and went out to Wolf Lake to peg some more holes. We landed in a clearing formerly used for helicopter access but some of the trees had grown. Guess what – we chopped them down!! Brendo nearly messed up when the tree fell towards the chopper. We called him all sorts of names but everything was fine.
We searched the bush for old drill sites from the 70’s and I was amazed when we found collars on how quickly the trees had regenerated, After establishing some of the old lines we were happy that we could peg the holes confidently in a few days. On the way home we headed further east over the Wollaston Bay lodge. This lodge had four float planes, lots of motel style accommodation and lots of boats. Mostly catering for the expensive American fishing market. As we flew over, a float plane took off which was really good. The chatter in the head sets was great to listen to as well.
On return, I went through the core splitting procedures with Michel which is very different from back home.
That night we went fishing, surprise, surprise. Heather, a girl Tan and I met in Vancouver come up. So us fisherman and Heather went out. We found white rum, Zooper Doopers (icy poles) and dry ginger to be a good mix. Sweet, savoury and cold. Heather fell over in the water and caught a few fish. Horn got snagged and swam out to retrieve his lure. I ended up walking up my waist in the water looking for some of our lures we lost. I found three. Steve caught another belter!
That afternoon, we got back into the chopper and went out to Wolf Lake to peg some more holes. We landed in a clearing formerly used for helicopter access but some of the trees had grown. Guess what – we chopped them down!! Brendo nearly messed up when the tree fell towards the chopper. We called him all sorts of names but everything was fine.
We searched the bush for old drill sites from the 70’s and I was amazed when we found collars on how quickly the trees had regenerated, After establishing some of the old lines we were happy that we could peg the holes confidently in a few days. On the way home we headed further east over the Wollaston Bay lodge. This lodge had four float planes, lots of motel style accommodation and lots of boats. Mostly catering for the expensive American fishing market. As we flew over, a float plane took off which was really good. The chatter in the head sets was great to listen to as well.On return, I went through the core splitting procedures with Michel which is very different from back home.
That night we went fishing, surprise, surprise. Heather, a girl Tan and I met in Vancouver come up. So us fisherman and Heather went out. We found white rum, Zooper Doopers (icy poles) and dry ginger to be a good mix. Sweet, savoury and cold. Heather fell over in the water and caught a few fish. Horn got snagged and swam out to retrieve his lure. I ended up walking up my waist in the water looking for some of our lures we lost. I found three. Steve caught another belter!
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