I'm still here

Sorry for the slowdown in postings. It reflects the fact that I've slid into a bit of a routine. There's not much new happening.

I am scheduled to fly to the South Pole on Tuesday and stay for three nights. Probably nobody here, but a lot of folks think that going to Antarctica means going to the South Pole. McMurdo Station, where I am, is the southernmost port (I do believe that is true) but it is still more than 800 miles from the Pole. Remember that the continent of Antarctica is larger than the U.S. and Mexico combined.

Anyway, not all that many people get to Pole, so it's special to get this opportunity. I'll be working most of the time I'm there, collecting information and taking photos for things to develop once I get back. But my desire is simply to be there, get my "hero" photo next to the pole, and be able to say, "Yeah, I've been to the South Pole." Travel there, even in the summer, is still iffy at times, so my schedule could easily change and could possibly be canceled, though I doubt that.

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Hope you're all getting ready for a nice Christmas. That's something else here. There's not much change for the holidays. I guess that's mainly because there isn't a bunch of stores having Christmas sales and, of course, we don't have commercials on TV.