Heading out

I've never really travelled that much before, especially out of province, so when the opportunity arose, I took it. It helps that just about everyone I talk to was pushing me to go along. Mark was pleasant enough to let me come along, so it looks like I'll be operating in an assisting role on the trip. Not that I know a lot about the equipment we're using, or the tech he's put in the car. Or how to use the data we're collecting. Or really have any skills to contribute to the effort.

I guess that really only leaves high-risk henching jobs. Thankfully, government health care ought to cover any damages up to (but not including) bionic prosthetics. I think I need to join the military or something for those.

Still, I'm eager to learn, and see what we've got out in this country. Not having seen much past the surprisingly flat great lakes basin area, I'm pretty excited. We've got just about any sort of landscape here, if we look hard enough, and most of it won't be flat. Even the oceans ought to be all wavy, or something. I dunno, I haven't been there yet. That's why I'm going.

That's about it from me. First few days are probably all going to be getting used to equipment, and trying to figure out what we'll be doing with our time. Lots of pictures, a few video clips here and there, raw travel data obtained from various sensory devices. How we'll turn them all into a coherent and entertaining travel story remains to be seen, though experimentation and experience should have us assembling quality works in no time at all. Failing that, I've got enough low-brow, cheap laugh material to hold us over for at least three weeks. Barring massive equipment failure, the show will go on!