Bill just retired officially within the last two days from his position flying helicopters out to the oil and gas rigs from the Esso Heliport near Sale. This afternoon he gave us a personal VIP tour of the facility that was truly amazing.
We saw helicopters taking off and landing, met managers and pilots, had a close look at a chopper sitting in one of the hangars, and even got to walk up into the control tower, manned today by a very friendly former air traffic controller.
As amazing a tour at this compact facility as we've ever enjoyed anywhere.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
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