{"id":2571,"date":"2016-11-23T22:17:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2016-12-15T20:06:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T01:06:48","slug":"the-waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2016\/11\/23\/the-waiting-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The waiting game\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6408\">John and I  are scheduled for put-in today for the pre-season trip, but \u2026 you know \u2026  weather. Currently the time of departure is \u201cTBD\u201d with instructions to call  fixed-wing after 12:15. The good news: I\u2019ll be able to get lunch in the galley  today! In the meantime, my gear is anxiously waiting for me on my dorm bed,  neatly arranged into three categories: \u201cWear me!\u201d, \u201cTake me!\u201d and \u201cWhat? You  are leaving me behind?\u201d Sadly, some of my gear is inappropriate for use on the Polar  Plateau. I do not plan to ride around on the skidoo wearing the shorts I  brought for use in New Zealand, for example.<o:p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6409\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6410\"><o:p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6411\">&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6412\">Posted by  duck (a.k.a. Dave Mittlefehldt)<o:p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6413\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6414\"><o:p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6415\">&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_3883\">                <\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6416\">Image 1: Gear &#8211; some you need; some you do not.<o:p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1479935634306_6417\"><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600px\" height=\"401px\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125-1170x782.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125-500x334.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John and I  are scheduled for put-in today for the pre-season trip, but \u2026 you know \u2026  weather. Currently the time of departure is \u201cTBD\u201d with instructions to call  fixed-wing after 12:15. The good news: I\u2019ll be able to get lunch in the galley  today! In the meantime, my gear is anxiously waiting for me on my dorm bed,  neatly arranged into three categories: \u201cWear me!\u201d, \u201cTake me!\u201d and \u201cWhat? You  are leaving me behind?\u201d Sadly, some of my gear is inappropriate for use on the Polar  Plateau. I do not plan to ride around on the skidoo wearing the shorts I  brought for use in New Zealand,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2016\/11\/23\/the-waiting-game\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The waiting game\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2016\/11\/23163627\/DSC_0125.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2710,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}