Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Hi friends and family!

I am kick-starting this blog with the next trip to Greenland! This time, 10 weeks! I will be spending nearly my entire summer camping on snow, skiing about a mile away to take measurements, and hanging out with the very interesting international crowd of scientists, construction crew, drillers, etc.

I will be leaving this Saturday (May 20th) to head up to New York to meet the Air National Guard plane that flies us all over to Greenland...should be arriving in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (a small somewhat desolate town) on the 21st, and up to the top of the glacier the next day. A week from today, I will be curled up in my sleeping bag inside my tent, with my ski hat pulled down over my eyes to block out the sunlight (the sun never goes down in the summer!). I'm actually getting pretty excited to go! I have some buddies that will be up with me this summer and I'm expecting we're going to have a pretty good time!

All is well with Ty, as well! He has returned to Atlanta from his intense kayak training and has decided to move kayaking to the sidelines (well, "sidelines" meaning several times out on the water per week) and is beginning the job-hunting process. He's having fun putting his design portfolio together and is getting excited about the prospects of using his brain a little more than when he was full-time training in kayaking. I'll bother him to update the blog with his news as he goes along!

I'll try to update the blog with some pictures from Kangerlussuaq when I get there - likely on Monday or Tuesday.

Hope all's well in your corner of the world!

~ Gayle