My busy week on a bike (long):

What a week. I had a blast this last week, though I ended a bit sore. It was a trip well worth the money.

Monday morning I was picked up from my hostel. We picked up one other client, and then drove to the Adventure South headquarters. This was the first trip of the season, and there were only three of us signed up for ( Read more... )

I'm back from my week of biking the Otago Central Rail Trail.  I've managed to get a very sore but, work my legs back into shape, and experience all four seasons in a matter of five days.  It was well worth the money ( Read more... )

Here's another excerpt from my travels in New Zealand.

I went up to the mountains here to the Rangitata River/gorge this last week.  There is a rafting company up there that I went to the last time I came home from Antarctica, and I decided to go back and do it again.
The weather was a bit overcast, so I didn’t get quite as beautiful of a view of the ( Read more... )

I agree with Ladybug -

This is the best thing I've heard in the news in a good long time.

Considering that I don't know all that much about the Islamic religion, I've still shared the idea that our religions are not absolutely exclusive of the other.

Unless there are delays, I should be home on the 30th around 3:30 pm.  I guess that means I'll need to come up with a Halloween costume that evening or the next morning....

My vacation is a blast so far. I’m having an absolutely wonderful time.

I got in to Christchurch around 8:30 pm after a fairly uneventful flight. There were all of nine passengers on the plane (seven winterovers and two Kiwis that showed up at Winfly that I’ve never met), and not all that much cargo. This left a lot of empty seats and a lot of empty ( Read more... )

Fifty two weeks ago, I arrived on the Ice.
Fifty three weeks ago, I left home.
Today, I finally leave.

At 2 o'clock today, I board a C-17 Air National Gaurd cargo jet and fly back to Christchurch.  I've spent the last year working 60 hour weeks in a place without trees and, for many months, without any sun.

It's been a very interesting year, and I've ( Read more... )

I got miss out on work again on Friday.  Even though I didn't have to go back to work after the failed attempt at flagging last time (though it was succesful for pictures for me), they still needed us back for another day off of work because they still needed the volunteers to put the flags in the ground.

The flagging trip was simply wonderful.  It ( Read more... )

I love being able to cook real food again.  I spent most of the winter making breakfast and cold salads, while spending the rest of the time doing prep work for the deli, left over fridge, or the lunch cook (which usually involved the time consuming boring tasks that they didn't have time to do without assistance).  What I did was important, but it ( Read more... )

Now I remember what I was going to mention...I managed to finish Harry Potter 7 over the weekend.  Good book that.