After one night in the igloo, the bed felt pretty good last night... I just did not spend enough time in it! The down-hole loggers finished their work around mid-night so the night shift started preparing the rig for switching to the narrow diameter pipe.
When I arrived with the morning crew, the pipe rack was loaded down with the HQ pipe. The first job of the day was to "trip-in" all the narrow diameter pipe. The larger diameter PQ pipe will stay in the hole as a protective casing while we are drilling with the narrower HQ pipe. By lunch time the HQ was down in the bore hole and we were ready to start drilling again.
I came back with the lunch bus as it is my intention to go back out on the platform with the night shift... I suppose if I can survive the night in the igloo, I should be able to survive the night shift.
Here are two more of my conversations with Julie...
The first is about the geology of lake E.
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Many of you have asked about the wildlife... sorry I don't have pictures, but here is a description of what is in the area.
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