It’s been a long time coming.

It’s time to start the blog again. I was very disappoint and frustrated with SPLINDER as they kept changing their setup and adding more and more advertising, anyhow it’s time to move on.

I would like to thank my wonderful sister-in-law, Natasha; she saved my original blog and moved it to its new home. She has been the one encouraging me to continue with my story.

I believe I left off on Canol Trail in the Northwest Territories; all I have to do is figure out how to add the photos.

Since then I have made three trips to New Mexico, I have now made a left turn in Albuquerque!

We were working on a former uranium mine near to Gallup; a town about 2 1/2 hour drive west of Albuquerque. The town is on the continental divide and reminds me of the town “Radiator Springs” in the movie “Cars”.

Lonely Pinon Pine, in the highlands outside of Gallup, New Mexico.

I have had several very busy projects in Toronto that have involved quick turn-a-round time and complicated drilling conditions. These sites are now schools and have been for the last 40-50 years, but prior to that they were major industrial sites. On the last site I was working on we ended up drilling a 6” water line fire loop that the utility locate company missed. I then spent the rest of the week repairing it.

Then off to Windsor for a week, home for the weekend, off to Kitchener for a week, home for the weekend and hopefully for the week before heading north again. This time I will be gone for up to 7 weeks.

We start with Contwoyto Lake in Nunavut, then move on to Copper Pass on Great Slave Lake and finally on to …..Wait for it…..Canol Trail again!

I will try to keep the posts up to date, but who knows, with the long work days I may end up posting all at the end.