A few of you know that we've been itching to get back to the cabin after being away from it all winter. Well, we finally got there on Monday afternoon. It was pretty windy at lake hood for our take off, but things settled down once we were on our way. Once arriving at the cabin it's like you can just breathe deeper. There's almost no way to quite describe our little getaway home away from home. The dogs hopped out and excitedly ran the perimeter barking and announcing their presence. They were very excited to be back as well. We spent Monday afternoon and after waking up on Tuesday I went fishing and Todd cut the grass. I thought I was going to strike out, but I found a good spot where they were biting and caught us some lunch. Todd finished repairing the damage to the dock that the ice had done and then he filleted our fish and fried them up! YUM!!!!
After our amazing lunch we started packing up and closing up the cabin as Todd had to leave on a work trip on Wednesday. This is where the not so fun part comes. We loaded up as usual dogs down and curled up in the back. Had a little trouble starting up the plane which is not the norm, then funny sounds, and other issues that I'm not even qualified to talk about. Let's just say something wasn't right. The engine cut out finally and Todd got out and paddled us back to our parking spot at the cabin. It was obvious that we were not going anywhere.
Many phone calls later we think we know what the problem is. It will require a mechanic and us getting a ride out from the lake. We tried several friends with planes without success because they were either out of town or all still on wheels for the winter. Oh well, we were able to secure a ride with regal air. They did an amazing job and I am thankful they were able to get us out in time for Todd to make it to work.
Ok so why did i share all this??? As soon as we had issues I realized a great thing. This did not happen while we were in flight. Whatever is going on in there I think would have led to a loss of engine power and Todd would have had to set us down in the nearest lake (hopefully) or on the tundra. That could have been bad! Don't get me wrong I have the utmost confidence in Todds flying ability so I wasn't nervous there, but I was happy that this happened on our lake with our nice warm cabin on it. No one was injured, we have food to live forever at the cabin, etc. Just so many reasons to be thankful. I did not complain for one minute that we couldn't get home or that who knows how much it will cost us to fix the plane, get a ride out, etc. I was just happy we were all safe and sound.
Moral of my story....don't get upset with some things that could be much, much worse. Life is short. Be thankful....that is all.
