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So, I'm on day nine of my trip from the east. I palletized the bike and the dive gear, and shipped them as far as they could really go, to St John's Newfoundland. Plan was to dive the Bell Island wrecks and be out of here in 4-5 days but that has totally not worked out. But it is still a successfull trip so far. Lessons learned:
-You just can't ship stuff really fast to out of the way places. A premium freight service will take your money and ship express between big cities, but then hand off to the slow boat for the final leg. Because that's all there is. Better to ship cheap and slow, then go do something else for a week or three before flying out.
-The bike needs an extra long pallet, but the loaders are reluctant to switch to the extra long forklift forks. Old blue made it OK but I should have reinforced the middle of the skid so it could take that bending force.
-I should not be quite so reluctant to plan in advance. Special services such as diving just do not work as a walk-in. This is why dive shops are also in the travel agent business.
-According to the good people at CATSA/ACSTA, ice is a liquid. Elementary school physics curriculum to be updated.
I'm writing this on the ferry to Halifax. Plan to dive on Wednsday, ship. The dive gear to Ontario, and head into the States by this time next week
-You just can't ship stuff really fast to out of the way places. A premium freight service will take your money and ship express between big cities, but then hand off to the slow boat for the final leg. Because that's all there is. Better to ship cheap and slow, then go do something else for a week or three before flying out.
-The bike needs an extra long pallet, but the loaders are reluctant to switch to the extra long forklift forks. Old blue made it OK but I should have reinforced the middle of the skid so it could take that bending force.
-I should not be quite so reluctant to plan in advance. Special services such as diving just do not work as a walk-in. This is why dive shops are also in the travel agent business.
-According to the good people at CATSA/ACSTA, ice is a liquid. Elementary school physics curriculum to be updated.
I'm writing this on the ferry to Halifax. Plan to dive on Wednsday, ship. The dive gear to Ontario, and head into the States by this time next week