Day 4 - Flying and Working

Jonathan and Scott in the bathroom

Mike and Bryce Fonda cutting the tile for the vanity top

Jonathan with John Armstrong after their flight

Sunset on Cashibo Lake

Our typical day begins at 0730 at the SAMAIR hangar working with the SAMAIR staff. We continued working on tiling the walls in the bathroom and began working on the vanity for the sink.  As the day progressed, we completed the tile for the walls and we began planning for the shower installation.  We also continued working on the rain deflectors as time permitted.

One of the SAMAIR pilots, John Armstrong, had a scheduled a passenger flight to Puerto Breu that left the base about 0815. All of our team is scheduled to go flying in one of the SAMAIR planes. Due to weight limitations, it would be impossible for the entire team to go up together. Jonathan was selected to go with John on this flight which took about an hour in each direction with about a half hour on the ground. They dropped off several passengers and some cargo and picked up one passenger and more cargo.

As a team we acted as a courier service for multiple SAMAIR staff in bringing items from the US that they cannot get in Peru or are too expensive to have shipped to them. As thanks, one of the SAMAIR pilots, David Speyers, took the five of us for a boat ride on Cashibo Lake as the sun was setting. We were able to enjoy the sunset and the beautiful shoreline before heading to Dave and Marilyn Simmons home for dinner.

After a delicious meal and good conversation, Dave shared some home movies from back in the day of the early years of SAMAIR.