The Bee Captial of the World and a Ride in a "Honey Wagon"

After another good nights sleep in Lloydminster Saskatchewan the men awoke to strong winds out of the northwest, no tailwinds today for sure. After walking two blocks to a cafe for breakfast they called a cab and met cabbie Richard "Poppie" Anderson who took them to the airport. Poppie works for Lloyd Taxi and gave the guys a jolly ride. Thanks Poppie!!
Lineman Bruce Marsh met the fellas as they were loading the "Last Chance" and upon learning Bill was a WWII vet and bomber crewmember asked for pictures with the men and their autographs. They are officially celebrities now! Bruce and long-time manager Dennis fuel the guys and got them a qt of oil and it was off runway 26 and into 20 knot headwinds. Thanks Dennis and Bruce!!
The gps continues to show intermittent xm signal but they figured it's working okay just the signal is dropping out occassionally. It showed a line of weather ahead but just light showers. The showers turned into low ceilings as well so the guys ran the scud at 500' for 60 or so miles before running out the northwest side into good vfr conditions. They had a short bout of carb ice as the temps dropped to 40 degrees and with plenty of moisture they had to turn on the carb heat for about 30miles until into the clear. The Garmin xm weather showed a front ahead and as they crossed the front the winds slacked and the groundspeeds pick up. The first stop was at Slave Lake Alberta. Jeff the lineman and brand new pilot at "West Can" fueled the plane and gave the guys keys to an airport truck to go to Subway for a sandwich. It was decided to press on to Donnelly Alberta. The departure off runway 26 at Slave lake is spectacular, right out over the lake. With clearing skys and slackening winds the men made it into Donnelly and landed at 4:15. Donnelly is a small town and the airport is unattended but they spied a man pumping out the septic tank with a huge "honey wagon" so Rich jumped out and hailed him about a ride to town. Wade Chabot is part owner of Danoe Vacuum & Potable Water Services and was more than happy to take Rich to the local B&B to get rooms while Bill tied down the plane. Turns out the B&B was now defunct and Wade needed to dump his load of "honey" before the sewage plant closed so he and Rich took care of that and then Wade drove to the hotel in Falher where Rich procurred a room for two. At first the Korean owner and his wife did not believe that there was an airport in Donnelly since they live there but Wade soon persuaded them that they were legit. Next it was back to the field to pick up Bill who had "Last Chance" all bedded down for the night. Then back to the Motel to drop off their gear. Rich & Bill invited Wade and his wife Carmen to dinner and as they were driving into downtown Falher they passed a huge wire statue of what Rich thought was a mosquito. "They grow mosquitos big here in Canada" said Rich laughingly, upon which Wade turned around and said seriously that it was a honey bee and Falher is the "Bee Capital Of The World" to which everyone busted a gut. Imagine, landing at Donnelly next to Falher the Bee capital of the world and getting chauffered around the area in a sewer truck affectionately known as "honey wagons". It could only happen to the "last Chancers"! A really special thanks to Wade and Carmen Chabot for their above and beyond the call of duty effort! May you always be up wind of that "honey" Wade!!