antarctica bound

by Eli

meredith and i woke up this morning at 6am to get ready for our 2pm flight this afternoon. we finalized our packing, cleaned up the mess we’ve been making at my aunt and uncle’s house, ran a few last minute errands, and then (about 30 minutes before we were supposed to leave for the airport) we found out that our flight had been rescheduled for 7:50pm tonight.

hmm… so… now we’re waiting an extra 5 hours.

we should arrive in denver tonight at about 11pm and probably just go straight to the hotel and sleep. all day saturday we’ll be busy doing administrative stuff: filling out papers, getting uniforms, meeting fellow workers, etc. we will stay one more night in denver, followed by a half day in the morning doing more paperwork and stuff.

our flight to new zealand departs denver at about 5pm on sunday and arrives in christchurch at 10am on tuesday. we’ll stay at the YMCA hostel in christchurch for a few days, pick up our ECW (extreme weather gear), and head to “the ice” on friday or so.

i’ll be twittering like crazy until i get on that plane to new zealand, and i’ll post again here from the seventh continent. until then.

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