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#TBT This was 10 years ago. It was during a time when I hauled 12,000 gallons of diesel in a 6 week stretch, and each trip took 1.4 hours! The crazy thing is that the fuel hauling was a “side-job” because this was during hunting season. This is probably why my back hurts :o) I eventually came up with a different system. But for a time, I had to lift the tail each time to drain the belly tank completely. Maybe not the smartest thing I have ever done … but it paid some bills. More accurately, it allowed me to make a down payment on a Cessna 185 that I could not afford. I’m still not sure if it was a bad life choice, or just really bad timing. Things have worked out, but NOT because of my hard work and brilliance, but simply because of God’s grace. I really mean that. Life is slowly teaching me how little I control.⁣
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⁣There were a lot of sleepless nights after buying my 185. Things did not go well for several years. My second year of owning the 185 I had almost no work for it, it just sat there for months on end and cost me money. Then I lost 2 engines to cam failures 14 months apart. That was financially really stressful us. In fact, it totally cleaned us out. It seems like a lot of the good stuff gets learned during the hard times. I think we might all be in for some learning during the coming months. But let’s not waste the pain, let’s lean in. And please, don’t wait around for government handouts. It’s not worth the paper-work. Just do something productive. #okIllshutupnow

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#alaska #gooutside #supercub

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On the bright side now I get to teach shop class down in the hangar. We did screw drivers and pliers today...pretty darn fun. Do you know the difference between needle-nose, duck-bills, vise grips, odd-balls, cleco pliers, channel locks, dzus fastener pliers, safety-wire pliers, and knipex? These girls do. Big test Monday. #homeschool #shopclass #daughters #goodtimes #visegrip

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Sometimes in life I just don’t make it very far. During this animal capture I circled for nearly 3 hours. My neck is still sore. #circles #soreneck #notallitscrackeduptobe #alaska #pilot #blueiceaviation

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Work pictures from this past week. Most of the time it was really cold. The sort of cold that makes you want to stay in the airplane with the heater on. But, during the 5 days we were served a dynamic sampler platter of weather. We had a temperature swing of nearly 60 degrees and winds ranging from calm to 55mph on the surface. Blue skies and 1/4 mile vis. Snow, rain, ice pellets, and slush. Never a dull moment ... except those two days in the bunkhouse. #alaskapeninsula #weather #proceedwithcaution #cessna185 #blueiceaviation

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If you ever want to look super cool here are a couple poses you can try. I recommend putting on a green nomex suit first. That way everyone knows you not just super cool, but you are also an aviator concerned about safety. And the bigger the tire (that you rest your foot on) the better. #dweeb #pilot #nomex #coolguy #blueiceaviation

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