Well, I just heard that Todd and Eric are gone. They were some of my best friends for the past 10 years, I met Eric and A&P school 10 years ago and Todd through Eric. Sadly I had lost touch with them when they left Alaska, but I gather they were enjoying life.
Eric was always generous, he'd let me crash at his place or give me a ride whenever I found myself in Fairbanks. He's so focused, I was always impressed with his ability to latch onto something and submerse himself in it, he definatly jumped in with both feet.
When we were in school, he'd immerse himself into his books, trying so hard to get everything sorted out. I don't think he ever thought he'd really get through and become an aircraft mechanic, but he never even hinted at giving up.
One of the hobbies he jumped into while he was in school in anchorage was fly-fishing. My Family had a fishing lodge, so one summer I talked him and his neighbor into letting me take them to a spot I knew that was a blast to flyfish at. This also involved a ride in a float plane so they were both pretty stoked about that! Eric shows up looking like he stepped out of the Cabelas Fly fishing section. I don't think there was one square inch on him that wasn't accesorised. After we got tired of catching Grayling, we hiked over to the next lake to try some Camloop trout. Eric was the master at catching the 2 inchers... I don't know how they even got the hook to fit in they're mouth! We had a great day fishing, when I get home I'll send some pics from that day.