Playing tourist with Ma...picture heavy...

[Glacier]

Working on a Drill Rig is **dangerous** work!

PLEASE - find him something *safer* and closer to Home!
With all his Talents - he can find more enjoyable employment than Drilling!

Everything Stuart does is dangerous to some degree. I knew this was coming; he's been talking about drilling since the first one started up in the mine camp! His other option for work is driving a snowplow, at night, all winter. Not much safer really and not even close to the same pay. He has his own reasons, aside from the income, for doing bush work right now that I fully understand, but that he would not understand if I publicly posted them.

[captain]

Tamara,
I love the pics
... and I am glad Muskwa is home - he is such a honey!!!

I would love a copy of the very first pics - that is stunning!!! Oh, and the waterfall ...

[Cinder & Smoke]

Everything Stuart does is dangerous to some degree.
I knew this was coming; he's been talking about drilling
since the first one started up in the mine camp!

Sorry to lecture you on a subject you already understand.

Hopefully he'll get playing Drilling Roughneck out of his system;
and then will move on to something that can use his Skills and Knowledge.

Tell Stuart that we ALL *worry* about him; and ask that he Work SAFELY!

[Glacier]

Sorry to lecture you on a subject you already understand.

No need to apologize. I appreciate the concern. If I had my way, he'd stay closer to home and do a nice, boring office job! But he'd be miserable at that! Someday maybe he'll find a middle ground job---not too boring, but not life threatening!

[Marigold2]

What great pictures, thank you for sharing. Brought a smile to my face.

[finn's mom]

Those are unbelievable. The color of the lake is wonderful! Your mom has a great smile! Were you scared at all on the bridge? I would have been scared, but I would have liked crossing it anyway. That's amazing that the fire wasn't put out until the following year, but look at all that new life! very cool. Glad I saw this thread!

[Glacier]

Were you scared at all on the bridge?

That's amazing that the fire wasn't put out until the following year

Not really scared, but I was glad there was just the two of us on it! No extra shaking and we could take our time!

The Fox Lake Fire was a crown fire originally, which is why it was out of control for so long. Crown fires can jump quite a distance. Then it settled into the root system and burned underground over the winter. The firefighters dug out the still burning parts the next spring.

[Queen of Poop]

I work at an Oil and Gas Trust company in Calgary, Canada, in the Operations Department. I can say that drilling is a fairly safe thing in Canada, there are so many regulations and rules that accidents are few and far between. So as long a Stuart has his wits about him and is with a good crew I have every confidence that he will be just fine, tired and dirty, but fine. I'd be curious to know what rig he ends up with as we are doing work in northern BC.