Mosley Creek Day 2 Base Camp

We awoke the next morning to a fresh coat of snow on the ground, high winds whipping out of the Coast Range and more flakes falling on the ranch.

Our guesthouse at the White Saddle B&B.

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Spaceships at the ready.

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Our original game plan was to fly with Mike around 1 pm. He was flying around a group of top Ministry executives and would not be ready to fly till the afternoon. High wind warnings were issued and Mike’s flight was delayed. He advised us that the cost of the flight would be prohibitively higher due to the excessive head wind. With temperatures hovering around two degrees Celsius and sixty-kilometer per hour wind gusts, we were happy to blow off the mission for a day. The team spent our time working with Dave and Lauri on the King Ranch.

A few Canadian Geese on the lake outside the Hanger.

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Lauri and Riley feeding the horses.

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Hay Good.

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The King Ranch is mid-calving, here is a baby less than 1 hour old.

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Milk Good.

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Here the house dogs hang with John Grace as he films a spectacular timelapse with his new High-Definition (HD) camera.

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With the advent of portable and legitimate HD cameras, we felt a real adventure was needed to capture the raw image-producing power of the cameras.
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The only real issues we experienced were the overall size of the cameras. Here is John cutting down the foam liner that protects his HD camera from shock, while a dry duffel bag keeps out the elements.

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Here is Daniel modifying his front wall to facilitate the creation of what he calls “a $5,000 Suicide Block". (We do not recommend placing large objects between your legs while kayaking. The object will inhibite the ability for a user to exit the craft without the object first being removed.

photo by Tommy Hilleke