Hello everyone!
I write to you from the Travel Center at the USAP(United States Antarctic Program) in Christchurch, NZ. We landed yesterday afternoon Wed. Oct. 7 at 1PM from Sydney. That would have been around 5 PM on Tues. Oct 6 or so Austin, TX time. Man... losing a day is such a crazy thing. We had an almost 15 hour flight to Sydney with not much sleep, a couple of weird documentaries and a viewing of "The Proposal" starring Sandra Bullock. But all in all it wasn't that bad. It was a nice flight on a 747 with personal tv's and "On Demand" movies. I think Eric watched "Star Trek" and "The Hangover." The meals were quite tasty as well. I highly recommend transcontinental flights for the food alone. There are around 100 of us traveling together with Raytheon and shall I just say many interesting and different types of personalities. This is going to be fun!
So we are now here on the South Island of NZ (There are 2 islands, North and South. Hey this is also an education for you too, right??), staying at a nice place called Thomas Hotel for a couple nights. The plan is to get up around 4:30 AM tomorrow for an ice flight to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. It will be about a 4 hour flight on a C-17 for all of you Military buffs. This all is of course weather permitting. We just got done at the CDC, (no I haven't contracted any strange disease, it actually stands for Clothing Distribution Center,) where I tried on about 50 pounds worth of ECW (Extreme Cold Weather) gear (Are you staying with me on all of the acronyms??? There will be more to come people!!) I have carharts galore, gloves, huge boots, parkas, windbreakers and let's not forget the long underwear. Antarctica here I come!
So hopefully when I write again it will be from McMurdo and will be able to download some pictures for you to see me in all my glory in Antarctica! I send lots of love and warm thoughts from the Southern Hemisphere and will write agin soon!
Love,
Erika
P.S. I will put on the blog next time information on where to mail things to me in Antarctica to those of you who have asked. Thanks!
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Hey honey...glad you got there okay. Try to stay warm and enjoy the C17!!! Love you. Linda
ReplyDeleteE&E, (almost like M&M's)Today is Thurs, so guess ya'll are already there.Hooray! Your BIG ADVENTURE has begun! Knew you'd do this someday-didn't think it would take you this long. Mr. E just had to drag you all over the world first....See what she's made of...pretty tough, huh?
ReplyDeleteEnjoy this segment,my Dear Friend.
Love & Hugs, Molly
E Squared,
ReplyDeleteHope all is well with you guys. If my math is right then you guys are on the ice as we speak!
Yeah, I am loving the carlharts! If I had to choose though I'd go w/the red one w/the fur collar. Its very sexy and stylish! :) haha.
Enjoy! Thinking about you guys.
AA