I can see the light...

Great news: PNW is pretty much done for MTBS. We've had a busy two weeks trying to get everything done by the new year, and I've mapped 88 fires in the last 7 working days. It's too bad we weren't more efficient in July...

I've got three trips coming up in the next two months:

1. Sioux Falls, SD: Great. Just who plans trips to South Dakota in January?! As a friend once said, "In Sioux Falls, there's nothing between you and the North Pole but a barbed wire fence!" We're going for an MTBS meeting regarding the completion of PNW and PSW historical mapping.
2. Tucson, AZ: Ahhh...much better. Arizona the same week the Super Bowl will be in Phoenix. I can handle this. Arizona in January I can do. I'm going to the Assoc. of Fire Ecology (AFE) conference to present about my support to wildland fire BAER teams. It's a short trip.
3. Fairbanks, Alaska: What? We're back to cold locales in the middle of winter? Who's doing this to me? It will be my first trip to Alaska, but I don't think I'll have much sunlight in February and it could be awfully chilly. Hopefully, the Aurora Borealis will be spectacular. I also have a college buddy who lives in Anchorage, so I may extend my trip a day or so to see him.

All the trips are fairly quick, which is good. I like to go on trips, but I love to be at home with my beautiful wife!