{"id":6610,"date":"2022-11-21T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2022-11-26T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T20:04:32","slug":"it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=6610","title":{"rendered":"It begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At least for me it does. Much of the team has been deployed for a while. I was supposed to be in the second wave, but ended up delayed for almost a while month. But at least I made it to Christchurch on the way to McMurdo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had one pleasant afternoon here, amongst a lot of rainy days. So I went to the Botanical Garden to say hello to green things for maybe the last time in a while. My mission was to find the best tree. There were many contenders, but I think I succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n