On the Shelf

Moving out! As I enter my final two weeks in Oregon/North America/Northern Hemisphere/Places Where Trees Grow, I'm facing a busy schedule of seeing friends, packing up all my stuff to move into a storage unit, and soaking in the last of the early fall beauty that the Pacific Northwest has to offer. I won't be seeing bugs, songbirds, trees, grass, or (too much) dirt in the next 5 months. Might sound like a little thing, but even smells will be greatly reduced due to the fact everything is frozen in Antarctica! Fall Camping I've been facing my fears about this trip: I don't really enjoy flying, especially as I've gotten older, even though I've flown in huge planes across the Atlantic, mid sized planes up and down the West Coast, and tiny planes in the Alaskan bush. I'm nervous about the long flight to New Zealand and the transport flight to Antarctica. These are all baseless, irrational fears, but they're OK to admit. I also get nervous about m