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Still Here

Well, as luck would have it, I'm still in McMurdo. Bad luck because it means I'm not touring around New Zealand, good luck because I like it here and perhaps over the next few days I can actually get caught up on blog entries.

Right now, it's sunny and warm in McMurdo. I feel like we haven't seen that beautiful glowing ball for weeks. Last week, we had a lovely snow and wind storm, which was reminiscent of times on Erebus (the wind) and snows back home. The snow storms on Erebus were quite different, because we could never tell if the snow was coming from the sky or being whipped up off the ground. Here in McMurdo, the snow was definately coming from the sky, in flakes. Very nice.

But, the sun is quite welcome. It stepped out of the clouds early yesterday afternoon, and seems pretty happy to be back. I'm happy to have it. In fact, because of the sun, one of the best things ever happended yesterday.

I threw frisbee.

I was walking along from Point A to Point B, and there were some folks throwing the disc around. I didn't even have to ask for it. It just came to me. I was in a t-shirt and sunglasses, in the sun, throwing frisbee in Antarctica. And I was happy.

The rest has to wait until after lunch. It's noon, and I missed breakfast, and I'm hungry. Being hungry is not the same as being happy.

In the meantime, you can check out R.K.'s website for another take on Erebus stories and for some fabulous pictures:

http://www.nwlink.com/~rk140/