We woke the next morning to clouds and rain and reports of icing conditions. One thing is that a Caravan on floats does not do well with icing so we waited it out for a few hours until the clouds cleared

As many already know – Panama is well known for their hats – and the Panama Canal. As a family we flew to Panama on our way to Columbia in 2009, and we visited the Canal The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 kilometre waterway that cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of … More Leaving Latin America

The beauty continues…. Last week I was talking with my 84 year old mom and she told me a story she never had before. When she was a little girl, she had understood from her church that God was grey and punitive. She remembers when a group came in to teach the children and she … More The beauty continues…

In the Atacama Desert there is evidence of mining as far back as the 6th century and modern mining began in 1910. There are 992 mining mines in Atacama desert – copper, gold, silver,lead and zinc. 801 are copper mines. Chile is a world’s top copper producer. Chuquicamata Mine is one of the deepest open … More Atacama Desert

We have not yet received our clearance to leave Chile and so to begin the ferry trip we will start flying north up the coast of Chile today. I was curious about so much graffiti covering most walls in these two cities. I read that Santiago is a place with some of the most diverse … More Let’s Fly…

I would like to welcome you – and thank you for joining along. Dylan and I are excited and grateful to have the opportunity to ferry this Caravan – N906AG – from where it was purchased by MAF in Santiago, Chile to Minnesota. This flight will bring us along the western coast of South America. … More A New Delivery begins…

And this delivery is done. Thank you so much for joining along. It is such a privilege to be a part of the work of MAF and in particular the journey of N9710M. We are excited for the work and the support this aircraft will provide to so many. Often when we are doing these … More Last leg – Solomons to Mareeba

Tomorrow our last leg of our flight to Mareeba, Australia

Nauru has an interesting history. It is a tiny island country and the world’s smallest republic. Nauru at one time had the richest phosphate resources in the world – thanks to the large population of seagulls using the island as a resting spot. Mining operations began in the early 1900’s. The government of Nauru gained … More Kiribati to Nauru

In our hotel we were talking to some young women who work for NGO’s here in Kiribati. They both spoke about how very difficult transportation is here – how to get to some of the other atolls can take days of delay. It just makes me think of the work that MAF does and the … More A day in Kiribati

Finishing up the second long haul leg of 13 and a half hours.  45 is logged on the Hobbs meter – when we began this journey it indicated  8 hours.  N9710M is proving to be an exceptional aircraft.  It is exciting to think of the work and adventures ahead of this Caravan. Pretty remarkable history … More Crossing the International Dateline and onwards to Kiribati

Spent the day on the Island of Hawaii, or also known as the Big Island. We have gone through Hawaii on ferry trips before and one of the things that stuck out for me this time were the remarkable banyan trees. These trees are incredible. Reading up I learned that like a lot of Hawaii’s … More A day on the Big Island