Tarn - DNT Haukenestårnet, Norway

Hei! After some years in a drawer, Tarn is out on the road again!

Here in Norway near the boarder towards Sweden at DNT Haukenestårnet. It was a watching tower to detect forest fires.

Jeddite - Ireland

Like everything else, it seems this pandemic has cut down on travel for me and my colleagues.  Although Patrick, that *******, got to go to Germany and Tahiti this year.  It seems that most of my colleagues are MIA at this point, and it probably seemed that I was as well, as I think this is my first post.

I don’t remember how I got there, perhaps due to the lovely landscape, lasses, and lager in Ireland, but I was found stumbling around on the top of Carrauntoohil.  For you non-Gaelics, that is the highest point in Ireland.

I made it back to North Carolina (US), where I spent too much time focusing on work and responsibilities.  As you can see, that caused me to lose my hair.

You can also see from my facial expression, the stress has been getting to me, so I am about to go on another adventure through the heartland of the US.  Getting out, seeing nature, going off-road in my 4x4, and spending some time with old friends, is exactly what is called for at this time.  Where I will end up after that, is anyone’s guess.

All the best,

Jeddite

Patrick - Tahiti, French Polynesia

On my way to the Very Large Array in New Mexico I ended up helping out on the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). However, the global pandemic restricted my travel, thus I was stranded in Cologne for a while. However, my goal in mined I took the opportunity to join the GREAT team on the southern deployment in Tahiti. 

It look like this is just the beginning of a great journey ..    

Cheers,

Patrick (the LEGO man on his way to the Very Large Array in New Mexico)

Patrick - Cologne, Germany

Since last checking in, I went to Christchurch, New Zealand with the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).  That deployment was back in July/August of 2019.  Sadly, I didn't get any photos (was too busy helping with observations of cool Southern Hemisphere objects).

In 2020, we didn't fly much (for obvious reasons).

Currently, I'm in Cologne, Germany for their German deployment.  I've decided to stay in Germany for awhile with Slawa, who promised to show me around.  Eventually I'll get to New Mexico, USA...

For more information, see https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/index.html.

Sincerely,

Patrick (the LEGO man on his way to the Very Large Array in New Mexico)