Today, on Cinco de Mayo, we should be enjoying a margarita or sangria of some sort, instead we started the day in Fairbanks, Alaska and ended it in Watson Lake, Yukon Territory in Canada.
Our original plan was to fly to Juneau, Alaska and then fly along the water to avoid having to fly into Canada. Unfortunately the weather had other plans for us, so we had to fly through Canada.
What is really helpful is that both of us can fly the plane. So, while one of us flew the other was able to take a nap. VERY nice when you don't have a radio. We are going to look into adding one though!
Scrap/y flew us into Canada. This link shows the track that we flew...
Day 1 Flight
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| Getting ready for our flight in Fairbanks |
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| Flying over Eielson Air Force Base, where we worked at during this assignment...goodbye Eielson! |
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| Landing at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory for gas and lunch |
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| Self portrait! |
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| Scrap/y's "office" 7,500 ft! |
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| Canadian Rockies |
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| Canadian Rockies |
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| Landing at Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, where we are spending the night |
Day 2 we hope to end up in Great Falls, Montana. We will see how it goes!
awesome updates!! how do you put the caption at the bottom of the pictures?
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome!! Fly safe and enjoy the trip!!
ReplyDelete-Lee and Jessica