Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Ivotuk!
Yeah, back up here at Ivotuk. Loving life despite the tent that could hold out water better and the rain. Fall colors just started today so hopefully we'll be here for some cool changes. I'm pretty beat but check out the flight in and stuff:
The weather has been semi cooperative. We pulled our two stations today and yesterday so now we're just packing stuff out and tying up odds and ends. Here I'm balancing that tripod on my head didn't have quite enough hands. The tripod would have been easier to move if I was just an inch or two taller but oh well... half a mile later and it was in its new home. We're leaving it out here so someone else can get snow depth data. Pretty sweet deal for them and for us, too. Less stuff to find a place for back in Fairbanks.
Here's the view from the 10 meter tower soon before we pushed it over. Pretty nice up there but that's pretty much how all the towers work it.
My helper dude has been rocking so we're like a day and a half ahead of my conservative schedule already. Looks like we'll get in a little hiking Friday and maybe even sleep in Saturday before the plane gets here. Woo hoo!!
Not much wildlife up here yet. Some straggler caribou and I've seen bundles of mice. I chased this little bugger around for a bit today between grass clumps and stuff. Pretty good time.
Okay well, maybe you'll hear from me again in a day or two. Last night the internet was down due to rain but seems to be working cool tonight.
The weather has been semi cooperative. We pulled our two stations today and yesterday so now we're just packing stuff out and tying up odds and ends. Here I'm balancing that tripod on my head didn't have quite enough hands. The tripod would have been easier to move if I was just an inch or two taller but oh well... half a mile later and it was in its new home. We're leaving it out here so someone else can get snow depth data. Pretty sweet deal for them and for us, too. Less stuff to find a place for back in Fairbanks.
Here's the view from the 10 meter tower soon before we pushed it over. Pretty nice up there but that's pretty much how all the towers work it.
My helper dude has been rocking so we're like a day and a half ahead of my conservative schedule already. Looks like we'll get in a little hiking Friday and maybe even sleep in Saturday before the plane gets here. Woo hoo!!
Not much wildlife up here yet. Some straggler caribou and I've seen bundles of mice. I chased this little bugger around for a bit today between grass clumps and stuff. Pretty good time.
Okay well, maybe you'll hear from me again in a day or two. Last night the internet was down due to rain but seems to be working cool tonight.
