jay | Nearly there

Late Sunday we ran another successful spacesuited-human geological survey, in an area featuring a Devonian fossil reef, our Site 4. It snowed a bit, but that didn't interfere with the test run. I'm quite happy with the project's technical progress -- one more suit-sim done and I'll be content.

We got back late, then I was up well past midnight in AIM sessions. Which along with LJ has kept me in touch with my friends and family. And my friend and I realized our previous miscommunication, and are now closer than ever.

Today I woke up at 7:45am, looked out at the wind and rain, muttered "we aren't testing *anything* today" and rolled over until 10:30 or so. But after lunch VR and I went out to Site 9 to set up the repeater (again) and get a lake water specimen for Darlene Lim. VR and Jared took "Priscilla", our Argos 6-wheeled amphibious ATV, out and got it stuck halfay up a sharp 45-degree incline (but recovered safely). Then had to drive across the plains through a snowstorm... it felt like sandblasting at 40mph.

And now I'm emailing shipping companies, trying to fiund a way to get a ton of equipment back to the US that won't cost me US$15K.

This evening, I sat out in the science tent, enjoyed the intermittent sunshine (yay! finally), and shared a very-well-received 14-year Oban single malt. Following a recommendation previously from