So because the Christmas rush is over here in Ketchikan, what does one do with oneself? Since we can get away with 3 pilots rather than our normal 5, I decided I'd make a temporary trip to where help is needed. That way, I won't begin to tear out my hair from boredom ( Read more... )

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Okay, dammit--so I broke down and decided to do this too, seeing as it's spreading like wildfire throughout my friends' posts:

☞ Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper.
☞ Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
☞ Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see ( Read more... )

Due to the scheduling here at Taquan Air, my "weekend" happened to be Tuesday and Wednesday...but not always. In any case, that's what I got this week, and it was certainly memorable.

Tuesday night, the plan was to head to the gun range with my co-worker/roommate (we'll call him by his nickname: "Defender") and test his brand-new Marlin .338 lever- ( Read more... )

I'll just cut right to the chase: I've quit my job in Kodiak and have made my way back to Ketchikan. As to why, it was a number of things.

There are 2 main problems I ran into, the first being the fact that the company I flew for had one too many pilots when summer rolled around. Unfortunately for me, I was that one guy. While the other 3 pilots ( Read more... )

But in a good way--any of you who remember a post I'd made a while back would also remember my being incredibly close (about 15 feet) to a wild red fox. Anywhere else in the world, something like that would be unheard of, and I thought for sure that it would be the last time I'd ever see a wild animal in its natural habitat at that kind of distance ( Read more... )

Life lessons for the past two weeks: persistence pays off; and spontaneousness is one hell of a lot of fun.

Because the bear hunting season hasn't begun quite yet in Kodiak, I've got a whole lot of time in which I'm not flying...at least until the third week of April. So what do I do? Plan a last-minute trip to Denver for some fun and excitement. ( Read more... )

Like I figured before, the weekend wouldn't stop at one day of big mountain skiing and paintball. Oh, hell no...

Saturday was a busy day work-wise, mainly because we had to make up for all the flights that we couldn't complete during Friday's  blizzard. After work, we hit up Bear Mountain for a second time, hiking just a bit further than on Friday ( Read more... )

...everything can change. I've had that Eagles song playing in my head since Thursday night thanks to the events of this weekend (so far, anyway).

The original plan for fun and entertainment this weekend was an impromptu trip down to Colorado for another ski session with part of the same crew as in February. Thursday night was when I originally ( Read more... )

Yes, 20.

That is the number of inches of snow I was told we received in a 24-hour period here in Kodiak...toward the end of March, of all times. I wake up yesterday to get ready for work, open the door, and am greeted by a drift that is up to my waist. I kick through it, getting a bit of snow inside (despite my best efforts to keep it outside...I ( Read more... )