Is there roughnecking in my future?

Yesterday at work was my weekend, my time to relax and take it easy. I still did my work quickly and effciently (like always, how else would I have so much free time) but it was still less exhausting than the previous four days. On Wednesday I found out that I would be going to the field for Thursday AND Friday. Yes, a field trip and camp! So Thursday at 5:40 AM I left the house in my car, met up with my boss and the rental jeep, and drove to the well site about an hour west of Rocky Mountain House.



The rig was called Bear 2 and this was a new area for this crew to be drilling, in fact, it's a new area for anyone to be drilling. I can't tell you much about what I did there due to confidentiality blah, blah, blah...but I can tell you that it was a lot of fun. They had a few problems just after they spudded to it was interesting to watch them work quickly to correct it, kind of like watching a really intense 6-hour movie. I didn't get much sleep there.



I got back to Calgary on Friday around 6:00, just in time to pick up my snowboard at the repair shop and go out with the group to BP's. Janet came with us, and Matt and Jacob were down from Edmonton. The plan was to hit Sunshine on Saturday, Lake Louise Sunday but that was changed when the internet told us Saturday morning that Sunshine was closed for the day. If we had been thinking, we might have gone to Nakiska or something, but no, we went to Louise... like everybody else!!! So yeah, it was super packed there. Three highlights of the day for me. 1: the magician at the ski lodge beside the larch chair. 2: Skinner's interesting bail to miss a power pole and end up in a patch of short spruce trees with the phrase "it smells like Christmas in here". 3: Jacob's awesome "yard sale" right under the ski lift. I saved my laughing until after I new he was still conscious.



Sunday we hit Sunshine as it was closer, hadn't been skied on Saturday, and actually got some snow overnight. We were all a little sore from Louise, especially Tyler, Nevin's friend from PV. My dad and brother, Pete, made it up for this day. Highlights of Sunshine. 1: landing (and really sticking) my first 360 (Skinner is my witness). 2: Boarding with the little bro again, he's really getting good now. 3: Only having one other person in the gondola (Matt) so that we could each stretch out on our benches for a half hour. That's how the day is supposed to end. I had to crash in bed pretty early on Sunday, I was just exhausted. Well worth it though. Everyone, keep your ears open for another trip in April. Spring skiing!