Luck

[crisavec]

I caught a break in the weather and managed to make it into Craig with no issues, get the systems install done, and get back out.

When I got to the floatplane dock and saw the weather I was pretty happy...it all looked good. When the pilot was loading everyone on he opted to put me up front,and I looked at the sky and said "Hold that thought" and grabbed for my bag and dug out my camera. I think I got some really interesting shots out of it too, lots of low fog in the Straits and Channels, and the snow transition line was at like 10 feet which made for some interesting effects. As we got near Thorne Bay(had to drop someone there) I started seeing a LOT of floating platforms with houses and workshops and whatnot on them. I was a bit surprised by that.

Craig went quickly, other than taking FOREVER to boot the systems and logon(lots of updates pushed, and since its remote its a small circuit. I got done and got a ride to the floatdock there with about 20 minutes to spare...cutting it close, but there wasn't much more I could do to shave time off it.

Coming back we took a slightly different route, and had to stop at the State Float Dock on Gravina Island(Ketchikan's airport is on Gravina and you have to take a ferry to it...no roads) to drop someone at the airport. I was sort of amused that they flew straight down the runway, circled back, flew past their own dock downtown, and landed at the State Dock and then took off and then took off north before looping back to land at their dock down town. I can't object too much because it flew us past all the ferry docks and barge docks and 3 different Ferrys in port. Got a couple of interesting shots I think.

Unfortunately my luck both did and didn't hold...I had to do some work a t a client and got the hotel shuttle down to the client site, only to discover that the manager had moved and was now at the clients other location at the far end of town. I was pretty chagrined by that...had to call the shuttle driver back and get a ride out to the other site, but atleast it was a whopping 5 minutes of work.

Comments

[caracel.livejournal.com]

You were flown to Craig to do five minutes of work? Your employer's accountant must be sh*ting themselves. *s*

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

Actually I flew to Craig to do about 3 hours worth of systems install, the 5 minutes worth was a "Since you're in Ketchikan anyway...can you swing in and take care of this?"

This was for a client, and all my travel time is billable..the accountants love us.

[northrngirl.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to go back to Anchorage tonight but we're wondering if we're going to get out of here. The ceiling is too low right now and they aren't flying out of Juneau OR Sitka. So I may be stuck here for several days.

I'm quite ready to go home.

[crisavec.livejournal.com]

We were pushing the minimums for landing at Wrangell and at Petersburg, and they skipped Juneau altogether.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that you make it home tonight.

[northrngirl.livejournal.com]

I did make it home - 3 hours late and 9 hours on a plane. I'm just exhausted. Obviously this weekend will be about recooperating from the last week.