Spent the past weekend up in Timmins ON with family. I've never been there, so it was nice to get away and see a different part of this province/country.
Before we got there on Friday, they had a pretty big forest fire nearby where the water bombers were picking up their water on the lake right in front of my relatives house. My uncle had several videos of the planes going right over his house that he showed us when we got there. On Friday afternoon, the fire had sparked up again and a few of the water bombers made a few passes over the lake to get some water for the fire.
I have some videos of the planes on the lake, but not sure how to upload it. Here's a link of someone's video from the day before.
Water Bomber over Porcupine
On Saturday we went up to Cochrane ON to see Polar Bears at an exhibition. On our way we saw a bear cub on the side of the road. We also say another on the way back at a different spot. Cool to see live bears on the side of the road, but no way was I getting out of my truck for a close up.
At the Polar Bear site, there is a wading pool that you can go into and "swim" with the Polar Bear while he/she eats. The pool is separated by a thick glass, so there is no danger of being attacked/eaten by the bear. It felt pretty amazing being inches from a polar bear.
Then on Sunday, we went out the the Timmins Airport and since my uncle works there, we managed to get right on the tar mat to see the water bombers.
And my kids and I went up into the plane and saw all the controls.
They also had an opportunity to see the "Bird Dog" plane, which is the lookout plane for the bombers at the fire site.
Later that day we went to a Provincial park for the rest of the day and enjoyed the beautiful weather we had.
All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, full of life experiences for everybody.
