I'm in Haliburton...

Just wanted everyone to know I made it to the south...the weather was good...and I was able to fly with NO problems! :)

I'm enjoying the weather... so nice to be in shorts and flipflops... tho the blackflies aren't so fun!!!

Happy Birthdays!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BENJAMIN!!!May 25, 2007...hard to believe it's been a year!
December 13, 2008...

March 12th, 2009

I luv being an AUNT... Can't wait to see you on SUNDAY!!! :)

Spring is in the AIR!!!

...yes that's right...Spring has arrived!!! When I flew in on Monday night I couldn't believe the changes in the ice, snow around town!! Water is starting to run off the hills... creating it's own path--often across roads making them very bumpy... or flooding areas! I have a bit of an extra walk to get to work---the parking lot in front of the GN building is well under water!! The temps have been between +5C and -5C or so....this morning when I walked to work it was raining... and on the way home for lunch it was snow/ice falling down... YAHOO!!! :)

..a brave person driving through the puddle...(there is a driveway--and mushy mud on each side...so you need to be sure where the driveway actually is!)

See the water running? into the parking lot at work.... my house in the distance!

The kids from the neighbourhood have been enjoying it though---riding their bikes through it

..snowmachines are still running---but there's more dirt in town than snow right now!!!

Lucky me....

I was soooo lucky to land yesterday!!! The plane didn't land this morning... on either attempt (see the regular flight goes Iqaluit to Pang to Qik to Pang to Iqaluit)... So I put this out to everyone.... my situation... I'm flying south on Saturday May 23rd... YEP in 4 Days!!! (well that is unless weather delays me----) that's where you my friends can help!... if you are someone that is a praying folk? please send up the request for GOOD weather ie) no fog, wind, cloud... so that the plane can land on Sat AM and then get out!!! I'd really like to leave as scheduled and arrive in Ottawa at 5ish on Saturday... rather than the 'next available' flight....which could be as early as Monday...but who knows if that one gets booked!!!! So send up a little request..... I'll keep you updated on the weather..... or you can keep checking it as well!!... http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/canada_e.html

Third Time's a Charm....

Happy VICTORIA day to me!! I can honestly say it's the first one that I have experienced that involved snow!! But it was a good day... here is a shot of my hotel that I stayed at in Iqaluit, the Nova...home away from home!

Well I finally landed back safely in Pang---got a bit of a taste of flying/travelling up north! The pilots landed on their second attempt... a momentary break in the fog/cloud cover... (so yes I thought for a few minutes after they turned and gained altitude that I would be indeed flying BACK to Iqaluit and have experienced another 'flyby'... I was happy to get home to my clean house!!!

The pilots brought us in REALLY low over the ice....because the ceiling was so low! the 'cracks' in the ice in a week have become HUGE.... It was amazing to see the differences a week makes in the snow and ice!!

This is hard to see... BUT it's the plane's wing... and all of Pang--you can see the fog/cloud cover....crazy but thankfully we LANDED!! :)


Another shot of the Wing/Pang in a distance.... The ice is soooo amazing... the colours are awesome!!! very watery...and bright blue in colour!!

I think this has a mixture of sand/rock as well as the ice.... pretty cool patterns... I think they'd look awesome as HUGE canvas prints.....

Flyby

Orgin: English
Pronunciation: 'flI-"bI
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural flybys

1. a flight that passes close to a specified location without stopping
2. a prearranged usually low-altitude flight by one or more airplanes over a public gathering (as an air show)
3. a : a flight of a spacecraft past a celestial body (as Mars) close enough to obtain scientific data b : a spacecraft that makes a flyby

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Well today I did a bit of a 'flyby' of Pang....(number 1)... When I checked in at the airport things looked good...(weather wise)... boarded at 10am..had a lovely breakfast basket of muffins and other yummy things! The pilot announced that they were prepping to land---that the temperature in Pang was +4C...(i was excited)....and then 5mins later...it was our first BUMP....I was like, ok a 'bit' of turbulence....no worries.... then we dropped... and rocked (we didn't roll!) all of these bumps and rocking were accompanied by my own little sound track (not me!)...but lots of EEEEEEEs and Ohhhhhhs..... in the midst of this I was kicking myself that my camera was in the overhead bin---bc I could have gotten some AWESOME shots of PANG! we turned around...and headed back to Iqaluit....(after experiencing my first crazy turbulence)...we landed at 12pm....


..there has been a flight re-booked for tomorrow at 11am... so hopefully I'll get back home soon.... but then again... Iqaluit isn't a bad place to be 'stuck'.... All for all it was a good day! :)

Flying....

It's pretty amazing what you can see out your window from the plane isn't it?...Although most of the flight was just cloud!! I made it back to Iqaluit early this afternoon....and had a great day! Went out for $5 wings--and caught up with a friend that lives here!