Long day. Flew to Fort MacMurray on the Gov of Alberta plane to have a tour of the city and oil sands so we'd have a better idea of what it's all about. It still looks about the same as last summer.
The reclaimed conservation area that the bus stops at and shows off looks pretty good, it's taken about 10 years to get to that point, forested sand dunes. But, the northern Aurora Mine that Syncrude owns is much more wetlands and will be much harder to rehab.
Then a hard run as the rain started to turn to snow, it's going down to -12 this weekend.
Here's my music pick of the night, Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend, deadly song from the mid-90s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjXsW7sY1tY
And here's a question to anyone reading: I'm going to buy a MEC puffy down jacket, but should I go vest or full jacket, which is more useful, cause that's alot of down to have both.