The Native Iowan

Sitting in Gizo. About ready for bed.

Got up this morn. Did my morning stuff. Got to the office late (it is Saturday) and prepared for a 10am management meeting. Got that done by noon. Got my excrement coagulated and made it to a 1440 flight to Gizo. Got here ahead of time. Grace and Mendozza picked me up. We came back to the house and (as promised to Grace) hung some curtains that have been waiting, literally, for months. I brought my cordless drill/ driver up just for the job. We’ll do some more tomorrow and mom will be happy.

We then got the neat Esky model helicopter ready for some crashes tomorrow. Mendozza is bringing his big brother and his cousins up for flying lessons. We’ve been playing with model helicopters for a while. I should say we have been crashing model helicopters for a while. I just brought the special screw drivers up to effect repairs from our last flying lesson.

It is great fun and we’re ready to see what damage we can do tomorrow. We changed the blades on the bird today. The main gear is tore up but usable. We have a mountain of spare parts. I figure we’ll actually get some flying done tomorrow but have every expectation of a total rebuild of the bird after we complete our fun. It will produce some great photos.

Always good to be back in Gizo.

Had a very entertaining flight up. A couple of great kids to take picts of. I spoke to the family before we took off. A boy of 18 months and a 5 month old girl. The kids were beautifully behaved and the mother should be commended. The kids never so much as squawked. The little girl was making shy smiles the entire flight. The mother carried both kids plus three bags off the plane in one go. Thank gawd for moms.

I never tire of flying over these waters…

Will be doing some water travel and running around so will keep the shutter clicking as I run…