Thank you for all of the Birthday wishes. I had a great day including work, wine with friends, and a nice massage.
I received a nice stack of Salmon River Brewery stickers from the folks back at home and have been distributing them. I tagged the stop sign here in town as well. Now if only we could get SRB to send some beer down :)
I have been here for 2+ months now and feel like I am in full swing. Mainbody has arrived and with it have come half of the town of McCall. It is great to have so many familiar faces from back at home here. Ryan, Robby, Joe, Dave, Ildi, Emily, Trudy, Meg, Monika (it has been awhile since she lived in McCall but she still counts)are all here. And of the list four of us women are in the Carp shop.
Lake Bonney -
I recently got back from setting up a field camp for the Endurance Robot. Yes a Robot. This robot not only operates on its own, but it takes samples and maps the the lake from under the 11+ feet of Ice that is on the surface.
The Bot
Camp build in the process.
We slept in tents on the lake ice.
When we were done with long days of work we found a little time to explore the Lake, Taylor Glacier and surrounding area.
The ice on Lake Bonney is one of the most beautiful pieces of active art in nature I have seen. The more I walked around the surface the more intrigued I became. Literally, I was down on hands and knees admiring the various cracks, bubbles, smooth surface with a wonderfuly vibrant aqua color.
Bubbles
Cracks and Lines
Well I am off for now. I hope you are all enjoying your fall back at home.
Thaona
