Don't count the days, make them count.

3 weeks left of work.
Its going by pretty damn fast.

Im in billeting right now with a really cool family, Jack and Rena Penashue. Along with their kids Cree and baby Jack, we went out on churchill road to a place called Gull Island for a picnic on Sunday afternoon, The kids were riding their dirtbikes and ATVs. Jack brought his .22 and we were shooting it around, he was surprised that the prairie boy had a good shot. Despite the rain, it actually wasnt too bad.

The family im staying with his headed to St Johns from wednesday till saturday. Leaving me alone at the house, it will be nice to relax. NHL playoffs are on right now, hopefully the finals will start before he end of the week. At the house they have a nice satellite tv, i have a computer beside my bed which is pretty big and they give me access to any food in the house. Excellent coffee as well.

Last weekend we visited Churchill Falls! leaving at 7am saturday morning we hit the gravel road and drove for about 4 hours to the town. The road is really nice and scenic on the way, one section of the road has beautiful tall birch trees. When we arrived to the town we had no idea where to go, we needed to get to the fire and security building to pick up keys for the ski lodge we would stay at. My contact there failed to leave keys, but fortunately the guys there let us in.

We had alot of room to sleep and cook and I would say its a pretty comfortable place to fit 17 of us. Behind the lodge there was a hiking trail we were told about! Being spring still, it was pretty wet but the trail eventually led us to some flowing water down a dropoff. On our walk back to the ski lodge we also spotted a bear, I had it caught on video but somehow ended up deleted.

The town seemed really creepy to me, it was one of those company towns where everything is owned by own group of people. If you dont work for the powerplant, you cant live in the town. If you retire, you have to move out. I may have thought it was creepy because i had read a book just l ike this situation called "Nothing to Lose". They were performing some secret governmental activity where they melted down the tanks that were brought back from iraq and taking the Uranium to mechanic a giant bomb. I could easily see something like this happening in Churchill Falls.

A little run down at my last month in Katimavik.

Wednesday May 27. I work for 2 more days this week. Go home on Sunday from billeting
Monday June 1 - Friday June 5. I am house manager with phil.
Monday June 8 - Friday June 12. Climate change modual at work
Monday June 15 - Friday June 19. Last week of work, retreat at a christian camp.
Debriefing starts on Sunday and we head home Wednesday!
Not much time left at all.