Junket Unknown: In the heat of the summer.

Seriously... It has been crazy warm down here. Temps as high as 43F. It is pretty funny to see all of my fellow Coloradans dealing with temps in the negatives while I am working outside with my cut-off carhart overalls! The weather has been super great, but it does come with consequences. Things just aren't meant to be so warm down here. It has been causing some serious issues for work around here. The heat wave has managed to turn the airfield into a massive slush pit and the road to and from it, a bog from hell. I have nearly dug myself into a giant pit numerous times while loading and unloading LC-130s in a 40k Lbs + loader with monster truck tires. But the worst of it has been getting to and from the airfield, no wheeled vehicles can pass the last miles of the road near the airfield. We have resorted to hauling everything behind a Challenger on a giant piece of plastic. It is quite the spectacle! Here is a picture from the other day, we called it The Mother Load. There were 70+ people aboard!

The Mother Load

I have also been lucky enough to see a bunch of penguins lately. I don't think I will ever get tired of seeing these little guys. I sat and watched two Adelies play in the open water off of hut point, got followed through around the airfield, also got to see my first Emperor that wasn't molting. They are amazingly beautiful, really like nothing else.