Hi Everybody,
Here it is, I flew out of Summit Camp this afternoon at 2:45 pm local time.
The ANG was scheduled for an off deck at 9 AM this morning, but the bets were running 5 to 1 for an after 12 off deck. The betters had it right, they didn't get off until 12:05 pm. They arrived at 2 pm and off loaded fuel and cargo. We boarded and few out and made it safely to Kanger. I've spent the evening walking around the south side of town and taking it easy. We have a 5 pm bag drag tomorrow night so that we don't have to wake up too early Tuesday morning.
I'll write more tomorrow.
He is Risen
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Last Night At Summit
April 20th, I leave home. April 25th I arrive at Summit Camp Greenland. Here it is May 17th and I am less than 24 hours from leaving Summit after completing my 4th work trip. I have seen temperatures from ~ -45 F to ~ -5 F, made some new friends and gotten caught up with old ones. This has been a trip that I will be telling stories about for a while.
I do know that I am ready to come home. The work started out with high hopes and is finishing with a sense of disappointment. I started out looking forward to spending time in the field doing the type of work that I love and now I am tired and looking forward to time off. Looking back over the past month I can see the good times and the bad. I am frustrated that it is ending on such a sour note.
What happens next? The flight is due tomorrow at ~10:45 am local time, so Bag-Drag is at 8:30 am. I will need to set my alarm tonight so that I can get up that early. Once we leave here it is a ~ 2 hour flight back to Kanger and a real bed and a long shower. We will spend Sunday and Monday in Kanger and then have an 8 hour flight back to New York. If everything works the way it is supposed to, I will have 3 hours to grab my bags from the ANG and get to the Albany airport to catch my flights back to Denver. I can't remember when I should be getting back into DIA, but God willing, I should be sleeping in my own bed Tuesday night.
Thanks to everybody that emailed me and I am looking forward to seeing everybody soon.
He is Risen
I do know that I am ready to come home. The work started out with high hopes and is finishing with a sense of disappointment. I started out looking forward to spending time in the field doing the type of work that I love and now I am tired and looking forward to time off. Looking back over the past month I can see the good times and the bad. I am frustrated that it is ending on such a sour note.
What happens next? The flight is due tomorrow at ~10:45 am local time, so Bag-Drag is at 8:30 am. I will need to set my alarm tonight so that I can get up that early. Once we leave here it is a ~ 2 hour flight back to Kanger and a real bed and a long shower. We will spend Sunday and Monday in Kanger and then have an 8 hour flight back to New York. If everything works the way it is supposed to, I will have 3 hours to grab my bags from the ANG and get to the Albany airport to catch my flights back to Denver. I can't remember when I should be getting back into DIA, but God willing, I should be sleeping in my own bed Tuesday night.
Thanks to everybody that emailed me and I am looking forward to seeing everybody soon.
He is Risen
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