From tires to floats

Here's our transportation from Bissett to Shining Falls Lodge! An Otter, built in 1960. The plus is the 1000HP DC-3 engine installed in 2002. We did the 60 air miles in 32 minutes, becoming airborne at 7:16 and touching down here at 7:48 -- before the folks making the trip out were ready. In the photo below you see the ground crew loading our gear -- Tal and the pilot. I don't want Tal's surgeon to see what he's up to.



And, here's our co-pilot -- the pilot's almost three year-old son, Lain (lee'un). What a childhood he's having! As we drifted away from the dock in Bissett, Jon leaned over to Lain and asked, "ya ready to wake up the whole town?" Is that engine loud!

Tal's ready to go out on the water one more time before bedtime, so I'll resume the story of our adventure tomorrow.