Airport Bike Ride |
FTLComm - Winnipeg - Wednesday, June 26, 2002 |
Tuesday had been a warm but not oppressively hot day so right after supper we set out to get some exercise. Two of us on bikes and two on roller blades. Now Winnipeg is not a pedestrian friendly place and it is even more hostile when it |
In the distance you can see two of the four Hercs and if you look in the grass you can see an unlicensed Killdeer who put on quite a show for one of us. But the day grew late and the sun slipped down toward the horizon lighting up the contrails and a few clouds left in the evening sky. Each of these pictures is taken in sequence as we made our way back. Winnipeg, unlike Saskatchewan towns and cities has mosquitoes. |
Bristol Airospace announced a number of lay-offs Monday to the consternation of the employs but Boeing and several other aviation companies are busy with parts contracts as they build components for 777s and other large aircraft. Behind the Boeing plant were a whole row of wings or tails boxed for shipment to Seattle. |