Last day at Pole

Today, I left the South Pole, my home for the last four months. It was a bit sad leaving, most of the winter-overs came out to see us off and it felt weird to finally be the one leaving instead of the one saying goodbye to others leaving. I looked around one last time at this unique place that I had come to love so much, wondering if I would see it again. I hope so but only God knows. I pretty much have a job here next season if I want it, not in the kitchen, but working in Cargo instead. I spent the last couple weeks hanging out with the Cargo and Materials crews, learning how to drive a front loader. We shall see if I return, something to pray about for sure.
This season had its ups and downs for sure, some of the moments were not fun at all, but overall I feel so incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to come down here. The people that I have met, the things that I have gotten to experience, so amazing. If I am able to come back it will be great, but if not I will cherish this experience as a most unique and wonderful one.
Tonight we are hanging out in Mac town, its kind of fun to come back after four months, see how things have changed. All the snow has melted so the town is just dirt, it almost feels like a different place. Its fun though seeing people here that I either met last time or spent some time down at pole, makes a big difference in being here again. I wish we had a little more time here, but I will take what I can get and at least they didn’t send us straight though. We are on the first flight out tomorrow which should put us in to CHC sometime in the early evening which will be nice, most of the time when you leave they send you straight through and you get in around eleven or twelve at night, no time to enjoy your free nights stay in CHC. So that’s a bonus anyway. I will be so nice to just relax for a while and get to do some sightseeing. Our friend, Danielle, that will be traveling with us, won’t be off the ice until Fri, so C and I will just bum around cheech for the week, maybe go to the hot springs, get some manicures and pedicures, well needed I assure you, whatever suits our fancy I imagine. Sounds so nice, nothing on the agenda…