Summer 2004

[PIC]

How was everyone’s summer season this year? Busy? Slow? Seismic, fires, logging? How did everyone do and how was it? Was it as good as usual or a bit on the slow side?

I only worked for a few months on a fire contract in Saskatchewan and it was slow, really slow. Very little went on there and we finished the contract with tons of unused mins. Hopefully, next year will be better…

 

[204B Driver]

My summer was unbelievably slow.

 

[leadingedge]

I am lost for words!

 

[Elvis]

Unbelievable leadingedge is lost for words, has hell trully frozen over?

:elvis: :elvis:

 

[Ryan]

As I'm a student pilot my summer was spent looking forward to fall training. But what I did do was be the only First Aid Attendant at a summer camp full of 80+ kids 13 to 16 years old. It was a blast and apart from wrapping up sprains and cuts is was pretty mundane work. The odd exceptions were one girl who got the fluid from a glow stick in her eyes. Thank god that stuff isn't toxic. Then there are the wasp sting victims, and of course none of these had ever been stung before and had no idea if the were allergic or not. But no one's throat swelled shut and hearts kept beating so I was very happy.
If any of you have kids in this age range and want to know of an awesome camp to send them to PM me. This isn't your typical camp kids are used to. It helps teach them leadership skills they don't get in school or anywhere else for that matter. There are workshops everyday that push their boundaries in a great way. There is also the usual fun stuff like swimming and games and a dance to end it with a bang!
Sorry this is off topic since it doesn't involve helicopters.

 

[100ft]

One time............

 

[PIC]

Gee, pretty hard to get much out of you guys...

204B Driver, where were you working? How about you leadingedge?

One would think that some operators will be hurting over the winter after what was surely a very slow summer for some of them.

 

[AirCon]

Hey 204B Driver

Hey buddy, ya left Grayling too early......and some good action after ya left. Well that's typical, eh?......

Stick around next season. You know how much we enjoyed you here!..."Quick, lock the doors, here he comes!!!!....ha ha.

See ya next season?

AirCon (AKA Camp Boss)

 

[4961]

My summer was unbelievably slow.

I'd believe you.

 

[Cosmo]

It had its ups and downs!

 

[Albert Ross]

Went abroad!

Phil

 

[204B Driver]

Hey 4961 did you get more work after you left Lac La Biche? Air Con I hope to be back, I really enjoyed you guys haven't had that much fun in 25 years Ha Ha Ha. Oh yea I will not tell the cops where you work in the summer. Ha Ha Ha Ha. Take care amigo.
PIC I was in the lovely Province of Manitoba sitting on my butt and if not sitting on my butt I was fishing because it was sllllllooooooowwww out there.
:wacko:

 

[PIC]

Sadly, there will no Mexican vacation for me this winter. Might stay out of bankruptcy, hopefully... by eating lots of kd and peanut butter 🙄

4961 (D.W. I believe), where are you living now? Still in Whistler?

 

[tDawe]

Like Ryan I too spent my summer working my tail off so I could settle nicely into debt. Sadly no summer camp for me, (although there was a tree planting camp for a while, some people there acted like children, does that count?).

And then I spent the month of August living in a huge mansion, surrounded by models, everywhere I turned, crazy wild models, in little bitty clothing bits, strewn about all over the yard, all over the pool. And the swimming pool filled entirely with Crown Royal.

yes, thats all true. honest.

tDawe