Pruning by Helicopter: Retreat Day 3

Witnessed quite a bold exploit this morning.  This writers retreat where I'm spending the week (Doe Branch Ink) got an astounding visitation from the outside world this morning.  The land is a quite a ways from a main road.  Getting here involves going up a mountain and just over the other side.  Not visible to us here, but nearby runs a power line that can't easily be reached by the usual methods. 

So when branches begin to threaten it, the pruning is done by helicopter. Here'a  a bad shot of the line of sawmill blades that dangle below the helicopter.  

 

 

And below is a shot of the hovering "chopper" itself. (I have a good video but haven't yet figured out how to get it out of my 2 week old Droid phone.  So maybe later…)

At any rate, we marveled at the dexterity and courage it must take to skim and hover over mountain forest swinging a power tool the size of a phone pole. 

 

Sort-a makes going back inside to revise fiction seem almost manageable.

 

 

Categories: enhancing creativity

Tags: Doe Branch Ink, helicopter adventure, writers retreat