Saturday, November 27, 2010

Inuvik 2010 - The Journey Finally Begins

So after a really eventful start the boys were finally on their way for their boys weekend just a day later. We took them all to the doctors for another follow up to make sure that they were all good to go and then off they went the next morning of course not before we had our family prayer. :)
They were very excited to go. This was a trip that Jamie took with Darien a couple of years ago and thanks to his pilot friends he was able to take Keagan and Rylan this time. I love the look on Rylan's face. This was a very loud and old plane and as it was taking off he couldn't stop laughing.
They were pretty lucky because it is one of the last airlines that still serves hot meals in their flight so they got this warm breakfast.
Sadly, their adventures didn't end after the accident. There was more to come. Because the run way doesn't get used very much in Inuvik they only clear it right when a plane is coming in to land but sadly it was too slippery to land. They tried twice but were not able to, so they went flew back to Norman Wells which is a very small town up north. This is the boys waiting in the airport to see what they would do next.
They ended up staying over night in Norman Wells where they did some exploring. They found this really cool museum were they could climb into these old trucks.
Of course because they were so far North this was how dark it was at 3:00 in the afternoon.
We aren't too sure how people can afford to live here. It is hard to see but a 4L of milk was $13.19. Crazy is all I have to say. Our boys would have to drink powder milk. LOL
They were so thrilled with how much snow was there.
In the morning they had a great breakfast brought to their room.
This was at the airport getting ready for their flight. Standing outside the tower. It was a little chilly.
Getting on their flight. Yes the front part of the plane is for holding cargo and the back is for the passengers. What a great adventure. LOL

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