Psyched

Okay, I'm getting pretty psyched. Can't sleep a wink. Brain is in serious overdrive. On the up side, maybe I'll be super tired for the 10 hour flight from Atlanta to Buenos Aires and sleep like a baby ??

Here's an update on the river height -- it crested at almost 9 feet above flood level. For those that know the area -- it caused them to close Riverside around Leeper Park. Fortunately there are no houses over there, just a duck pond - I'm guessing those particular residents don't mind. Here's a shot at the corner of North Shore and 31/33 - the water at the Angela bridge (1/2 mile away) is almost up to the arches but the picture didn't turn out:

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ANTARCTICA FUN FACTS -- With the end of the long polar winter comes the arrival of millions of seabirds to breed. First to arrive are the Adelie penguins who have walked as much as 50 kilometers across the sea ice to reach their nesting grounds. They are followed by the petrels and skuas, flying in from the open sea. Of the 35 species of seabirds that live south of the Antarctic Convergence, only 19 species breed on the continent itself. Probably 100 million or more birds breed along the coast and offshore islands of Antarctica. These include the pelagic or free-ranging species such as the albatrosses and petrels. Coastal species, by contrast, forage close to the shore, and among them are found skuas, cormorants, terns and sheathbills. Most sea birds breed in large concentrations, owing to the scarcity of snow-free ground used for nesting. During the long austral summer, the birds have virtually an unlimited food supply in the nearby sea-zooplankton, cephalopods, and fish.