A tale of two Dusty airplanes and the grandson and grandfather who loved them

Remember that day, back in August I believe, when I stopped in at the blue house and found Jobe playing with Dusty, a toy cropduster from the movie Planes? Remember how I liked it so much that on my way home I stopped at Target and bought myself a Dusty of my own, along with Skipper, the WW II Navy Corsair character from the same movie? Do you recall how I put those little planes in a place where the boys would not see them when they came out because I knew they would want to play with them and I wanted to keep them in top-notch condition? Well, Kalib found them. As it turned out, Jobe had broken his Dusty on the drive out today and had been heartbroken by the loss. I told him he could go ahead and play with my Dusty, but he had to be careful with it. He interpreted this to mean I had given my Dusty to him. He was thrilled, his broken heart turned into a happy one.

Have you no sense of decency, sir? Do you not understand history?

I was only feet away from stepping into my driveway when I heard the drone of an approaching airplane. Anyone with the slightest sense of decency and any comprehension of history can understand that regardless of what I might have said earlier, when an airplane passes overhead I must photograph it.

Jobe thinks my prized airplane collection is made up of toys!

Naturally, we turned on my electric HO train and sent it running around the top of my office. Jobe then went straight for my airplanes and started to play with them under the neon light. I cannot convince him that these planes are not toys but rather a prized collection not to be handled roughly. He insists they are toys, meant to be played with. And how can I who also loved to play with airplanes and still love little airplanes and big airplanes and all airplanes, stop him from doing so?

Logbook: Wasilla to Nuiqsut, ultimate goal, Cross Island, entry 5: approaching Nuiqsut

Approaching Nuiqsut. Kuukpik River (Coleville) below. 

Logbook: Made it onto plane to Nuiqsut - just barely

No time to explain. Fly out of signal quick - if not already.