After thinking I might never go to the Ice again, or at least in the forseeable future, I left Cocoa Beach Fl today for Denver, CO, for a few days of oreintation and training, then off to LAX to board my flight to Auckland New Zealand. And then ...on to Mcmurdo , Antarctica for the 4th time! and who knows --maybe for 5 months, maybe for a year, and then travel to places known and unknown! Going on a journey like this is a leap of faith in a way, you have no set return date, no real idea of what the next months -or years-will bring, when youll see your friends and family again, and what to say when the guy in seat 23B says 'So where are you headed today?' " well ....actually after
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