Departure Day!

June 22nd. Thursday. Departure Day!

A call was made after breakfast to go to Wolf River Tubing. About a 30 minute drive from Butte de Morts, sign up, grab an inflated tube, and another for the cooler box, then a 5 minute ride in a bus, and jump into the river. The water was only about half a metre deep generally with scattered small boulders and moving at a leisurely pace. We drifted down stream for a couple of hours, drank some bevs, and listened to DJ Joven, with a musical selection on his iPhone. Simple pleasures, and a bunch of fun.

Back to Chez Otte and Chez Loria, packed my bags and off to Appleton Airport. A nice regional airport, easy going staff and not the hassle of places like O’Hare or LA. It is also a fitment and service centre for Gulfstream Corporation. Dozens and dozens of corporate aircraft in stages of fit out and service. Impressive.

Climbed aboard the CRJ regional jet, which seats about 50 passengers. Rather cramped, I could not stand upright in it, but the legroom was fine. Sure makes the A380 pretty darn special!Read more