Big tractors are SO cool. We met Jim this morning at his house and followed his jumbo-sized John Deere up the HAC to our campsite. His plow made short work of the snow there, and we avoided getting stuck while maneuvering the trailer in like we did last year.

We were pretty enthralled by the big green machine, and I couldn’t help taking a few pictures of it.





Jim even let us climb in the cab!



With the camp cleared of most of the snow, it was pretty easy for us to get the living trailer and atv trailer up the hill. Our field station was taking shape. Of course, nothing is easy out here. We parked the trailer just a few feet too far from our big propane tank, so we ended up having to use a small cylinder of propane that night. Also, the plumbing wasn’t dealing well with the bitter cold (no running water). It ended up being a LONG day getting as far as we got with the camp set up. Still, it was satisfying to see our first sunset from camp.