I was picked up for work this morning just before 6am. Luckily, I’m normally awake at that time, and it wasn’t too much of a shock. We were on our way out of Wellington nearly immediately. A shade under 6 hours later, we reached our destination: an office of a forestry company that we’re doing some work with. The plan: data collection at a logging site. We avoided a few pitfalls, and got what we wanted. It’s nearly 11pm, and I just arrived home.

The ratio of travel to useful work is pretty horrendous: 12 hours to 1.5 hours. With some luck, we’ll get results that are coherent. I really want this trip to not have been a waste. Of course, it was intensely cool to see a 4-ton harvester running. It is surprising how delicate one can be with a 25m tree.