Southern McLovin

Hello everybody, sorry to have slacked on the posts of late. There always seems to be a lull in the action come January after all the holiday festivities. I guess it's the same back home. We are starting to get ready for some traveling and thoughts of leaving are creeping in. We have been busy of late as the ships that deliver fuel and cargo to the station are approaching our ice pier. However last weekend there was a marathon and 1/2 marathon run and ski for the station. The weather could not have of been better for the runners and skiers. I volunteered for the race and drove a Piston Bully (the red vehicle here) out to the start of the 1/2 marathon. I figured by volunteering Debbie couldn't trick me into racing! Deb was going to run but was called out to a spill the night before and was on call during the race but I know she would of ran well. Jim, Deb's bro,did great in the half marathon.

I will post some pictures of all the ships that dock at station, last year they took people out into the channel and people took pictures of whales and penguins so hopefully we will get a chance to participate this year. We have seen some Minke Whales in the water near our station so we will try to get some pictures in the next few weeks.