Food 14 or how to make a 30 minute flight in 24 hours

Sandy,
Shortly after landing at Kaltag I was invited to join Snowboss and the other TCAA pilots in Kaltag for dinner, I figured that I could fly to Eagle Island and be back in time for dinner it wouldn't take more than 40 or 50 minutes to be back, the plan was to make a couple of low passes over Eagle Island to take some pictures and show them the new scenery, I helped the volunteers with the dog food bags and rushed back into the 206 started the engines and up I went,planning the shots I'd take from the air,the 15 minute flight to Eagle passed fast,with the island insight I started my decent, leveled off at 300ft and flying parallel to the rwy I started shooting and all I could hear was the click of the camera, OMG!!! what happenned to the engine? a glance at the panel and I had the cause, no fuel,forgot to refuel in Kaltag, my first thought was to turn left and try to make it to Eagle Island but by now I was too far and too low,so I just landed ahead there was plenty of ice, hoping it wouldn't crack I lowered the flaps and gently tried to put her on the ice giving her all the time to loose speed, we finally landed with Eagle Island within walking distance, with the help of Eskimo George I tied the 206 at the river bank and locked it tightly to keep any wolves off the dog food bags, spent the night at Eagle Island,this morning they helped me unload the plane and she sold some gallons of av-gas, she says she spares it for stupid pilots like myself, anyway,this afternoon, after lunch I took off back to Kaltag, and here I am reporting back to duty and trying to explain how it took 24 hours to finish a 30 minutes flight, hoping you believe the story.

Cheers

Chico Aguiar

PS: . BTW,I was in no carnival party at all :))