saw, overcame, returned

[jay]

I'm back online... sitting in a tent on Devon Island, covered waist down in mud splatters. Where I stretched my team today, maybe not to their limits, but more than they thought they could do. I'm proud of them.

The site is chosen, tents up, drill in place. Despite wind and rain and snow last night, and then a terrible traverse today... good weather, but the humvee got stuck *twice* and we had to slip around in the mud each time and dig trenches and winch it out using deadfall anchoring. And my group didn't complain, there in the mud, or working until 10pm before we finally got back to camp for dinner, doubled-up on ATVs because one ATV died in the field and we had to leave the humvee at the drillsite.

I am *so* tired... and my feet are cold, and face is windburned... but happy. I like making things happen. Today, I looked up at the tent and drill going up, despite the obstacles, and felt a warm glow despite the cold.

And tonight we got communications up (grin)

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Hello from Keith Cowing

[(Anonymous)]

Had a long IM seession with Marc earlier. All seems to be well.

Glad to hear that Qimmiq is back on duty - and that he's being "friendly" with Pascal's and John's legs ... where is Black Dog when we need her?

I am sure you'll be breaking out the chocolate and the Port soon enough - preferably around 12:30 am sitting in folding camp chairs in front of the greenhouse (or maybe on its back porch) when the sun is in the north - and the landscape is at its most dramatic ... not Mars - but alien none the less.

Cheers from muggy Virginia

Re: Hello from Keith Cowing

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

This morning, it's wet with howling winds making the tent guy ropes sing... Qimmiq is being "friendly" with Pascal's leg about every five minutes, enough for him to blush... he has a dog at home that was in heat when he left, maybe something's on his clothes.

It was dramatic yesterday...

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

You folks sure have the can-do spirit!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

That, or simply being in the middle of something messy and opting to carry on rather than go back.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

I think that's what can-do spirit *means* ;-)

[p3aches.livejournal.com]

Lots of warm snuggly hugs. Congrats