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Epilog

April 28, 2008

Well I just got off the phone with good ol’ Billy Smith. Seems It was one of the worst years that he ever had in his bush as far a production was concerned. My plane left about 48 hours early and I missed the last big run. It was one of the best vacations that [...]

A sweet end

April 11, 2008

Well yesterday was amazing. I tapped about 21 trees but I spend most of the day fixing things that needed to be fixed. Bill told me that he had a pellet gun so we took it to the bush.., and if we were target practicing with the pellet gun and a squirrel happens to walk [...]

I HATE squirrls

April 9, 2008

Hey so no real pictures put together over the last few day. So I just give you a little synopsis. The last two days in the bush have been pretty good. I now know what type of animal the devil has come back as… a squirrel. I hate squirrels they are responsible for most of [...]

Video added

April 7, 2008

So it looks like it is not impossible to upload videos it just takes about 5 hours. So here is the video from the Tree burning.

First run and tree buring

April 6, 2008

Well yesterday was pretty full, first thing we did was get the truck stuck, not to bad though. We were also able to put in 140 taps. The real problem started when the electric motor for the vacuum system stopped working. We have to get that fixed tomorrow (it had to break over the weekend). [...]

the STACK!

April 4, 2008

Well day two and I am so tired and sore, but the most evil project in history is complete and there were no fatalities. The Stack is UP! It’s stacked. The day started off O.K. I was up at around 5:45 and had a real greasy breakfast. I had to drive Ann, Bills girlfriend, to [...]

Back on the Island

April 3, 2008

Well I have made it, Beauty! It is great to be up here! To give you an example of what I mean here is a picture from the front door of my place in Toronto: And here is a one from the front door at from the bunk house at the homestead on St. Joseph [...]