From the mouth of Brian!Thursday
Depart Gnoss Field, CA 1640 hrs. for Kelowna, BC to clear customs, in the CJ3. Arrive in Kelowna and clear customs and then takeoff for Cranbrook, BC, arriving in Cranbrook around 9pm. 10pm I start driving for Kalispell 3.5 hrs. away through pretty remote country. I arrive at the US/Canadian border at 11:30pm only to discover that I don't have my passport. Drive back to Cranbrook arriving at 1:30am.
Friday
Wake up and try to figure out where my passport is and what to do. Call Jen ask her to look around the house, airport, and office in town. 10am start driving for to Calgary to the US Consulate to obtain a temporary passport. While enroute, I call the Consulate only to be told that they are closing by noon.
Depart Gnoss Field, CA 1640 hrs. for Kelowna, BC to clear customs, in the CJ3. Arrive in Kelowna and clear customs and then takeoff for Cranbrook, BC, arriving in Cranbrook around 9pm. 10pm I start driving for Kalispell 3.5 hrs. away through pretty remote country. I arrive at the US/Canadian border at 11:30pm only to discover that I don't have my passport. Drive back to Cranbrook arriving at 1:30am.
Friday
Wake up and try to figure out where my passport is and what to do. Call Jen ask her to look around the house, airport, and office in town. 10am start driving for to Calgary to the US Consulate to obtain a temporary passport. While enroute, I call the Consulate only to be told that they are closing by noon.
Receive information that I had recently faxed my passport from Wyoming. I called and had someone check the fax machine in Alpine, but they said that there wasn't anything there. I figured it had to be there, so at 2:30 pm I start driving for Alpine. Arrive at Alpine at 1am, and then fly the 210 to Heber arriving around 2:00am. Upon landing in Heber, I realize that I have left my cell phone in the rental car in Alpine. Check for a open door to a phone, and with no luck I start walking for the Hub to call on the pay phone, but run into a friend of mine while walking. Finally get home around 3:30am. 
Saturday
Get up around 10:00am and go for a bike ride with the kids, which ultimately leads to riding our bikes down to the bowling alley for Lunch. After lunch I get dropped off at the Airport for the return trip. 2:30pm. Takeoff from Heber to fly back to Alpine. 3:30pm. I'm on the road to Cranbrook, but only make it to Kalispell where I check into a hotel around 1am.
Sunday
Get a call from Steve Sunday morning that he would like to depart for Alpine between 4&5pm. 1030am I'm back in the car headed for Cranbrook. I arrive in Cranbrook around 2:30pm and get the plane ready for departure. 6pm, get a call from Steve that we aren't going to depart until tomorrow morning. 6:45 check into a hotel!
SaturdayGet up around 10:00am and go for a bike ride with the kids, which ultimately leads to riding our bikes down to the bowling alley for Lunch. After lunch I get dropped off at the Airport for the return trip. 2:30pm. Takeoff from Heber to fly back to Alpine. 3:30pm. I'm on the road to Cranbrook, but only make it to Kalispell where I check into a hotel around 1am.
SundayGet a call from Steve Sunday morning that he would like to depart for Alpine between 4&5pm. 1030am I'm back in the car headed for Cranbrook. I arrive in Cranbrook around 2:30pm and get the plane ready for departure. 6pm, get a call from Steve that we aren't going to depart until tomorrow morning. 6:45 check into a hotel!
Side note: Brian took all three boys and Josh to the bowling alley on their bikes. THAT is right Jack rode his two wheeler all the way to the bowling alley and back by himself! 
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