That sounds like a great idea.
I quit school at age 16, much to my mothers horror, packed a few things, took a bus north to the Yukon, from southern BC, and then hitch hiked the last 2 days, to the small air charter company my father used, and hired him to fly me to the gold mine my father ran. I spent summer holidays there the previous 6 summers, but this time it was a move for me, on my own, yes my parents were seperated. We worked gold mining until winter set in, and everything froze up. Then we went to my Father's winter house in Mexico, and worked there some. When I turned 18, after the summer gold mining season ended, I bought a Piper Warrior, and began taking lessons, also got my class 1 drivers license, and drove truck in the winters. Bought my own fixer upper, small house, and took real estate courses as well. Between it all i was busy 7 days a week, gold mining, driving trucks, flying, and a part time realtor. At the ripe old age of 20, had a commercial multi ifr with float endorsement, and mostly stopped working for my father at his gold mine. I sold real estate part time year round, flipped the occasional home, flew small charter planes in the summer, and drove truck all winter. Life was good, albeit somewhat to busy, and i planned to stay north, and keep doing that all, until when I was 26, my sister and her husband drown in a boating accident. They left me their ranch, and two year old daughter to raise, so I moved south, to central BC, where I have been these last 18 years, except for some winters in Mexico. I still own 4 houses in the Yukon, all rented out Long term. I inherited my fathers gold mine when he passed away from a heart attack, which I sold. I expanded the farm buying more land. The niece I raised as my own daughter, she is 20 now, drives truck, and helps me run the farm. While only married 21 months, briefly married an amazing man, who died too young from a brain aneurism. Hence why I didn't become a life long commercial pilot. Sorry for the long winded story.
