holy shit on a stick -- it's almost December! I've been here a month, and haven't even put on my pack b/c of the surgery....only 4 days til "go time."
been writing alot by hand, and i regret that those thoughts aren't up here. the problem is that my laptop (1) has limited power, and (2) doesn't work well when it's bright outside, so i have been resorting to pad and paper.
today is a good day. last nite, on the rec of the antarctic guys, i pulled into McKee Beach at dusk...it was a state-run campsite with every available spot taken -- except the very last spot, tucked-into the trees, which I claimed. the tide was out, so the "beach" was 300 metres of muck...i was tired, and bummed. they made it sound like i was going to be able to build a big bonfire on the beach...i even had bought some weenies for the event!
well, it was all good when i woke up this morning to the most beautiful day of the trip thus far...my neighbors had pullled out, and the tide pulled in...i woke to the lapping of waves, and sun-kissed sea breezes in my tent. it turns out that my spot in the trees was a perfect natural sun shelter, right on the high-tide line, with filtered sunlight and birds chirping away.
the other thing that made it a great day is that THE OZONE HOLE APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED! hallelujah on that one. i mentioned in a previous post that the ozone "hole" over NZ is actually a periodic event related to the breakup of the seasonal hole over Antarctica. ...for much of this trip, the sun was just way too bright...like the light in your eyes at the dentist. it was painful to the skin and eyes, and created a kind of surreal and not totally pleasant effect.
today, the sun seemed like normal yellow summer sun...such a welcome change.
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