In the Sunlight

So the last couple of days I've had a chance to step out of the office and work on some HAZMAT and transportation related issues. Things rarely go smoothly when you set out to do one specific task. For example, we went to drop off 8 sheets of plywood a couple days ago. Pretty simple task. But we get to the yard, and now we have to move this giant piece of equipment, along with all the rest of the wood for it, to a different area.

This is what we are sending. Via airlift. And yes, it somehow does fit into an airplane.

All that wood is needed to keep it in place on the aircraft. And none of it is light. So moving that around, and then having to fill up two tires in the back (you can't see them in this picture) too much longer than anticipated. But I got to spend some time outside, and even got a little color. So life is good.

In case you are wondering, this thing is used to move 20' and 40' containers around. It can lift 53,000 lbs. It's called a Rough Terrain Container Handler. And the one we weighed, clocked in a 118,644 lbs.

In other exciting events, I finally got to sample another one of the dining facilities here. We took a walk to the British dining hall and got some fish and chips for dinner. I'm not a huge fish eater, but it was pretty darn good. Definitely something different from the other 2 dining halls near us. And best of all, they had bananas! I've been looking for them since we got here, and this is the first time I have seen.

Other than that, life goes on, and the weather gets even better. I'm just hoping we've seen the last of the rain!