Ops officially begins tomorrow. The first IOP is planned for 3 days later.
Liz and Steve spent the day getting back to Cuyama Peak. Was worried about making it in a pickup, so rented a UTV from Z-team in Oxnard. Both of us took a turn behind the wheel.
The ride up was so much easier and somewhat faster, with the UTV going from 10–25mph. In the days since we were last there, the rain has scoured more gullys in the road and deposited even more rocks and biota. I so happy using the UTV that we decided to keep it for a drive to Little Pine tomorrow (the first time I will have been to this site).
s17:
- One inner guy was slack, others (including all outer guys) were fine.
- Tsoil binder connector was just a tiny bit loose – I'm actually surprised it wasn't working – but reseating it (and now taping) brought back the Tsoils
- TRH again needed the entire housing and SHT replaced. I think this makes 4 failures in this way. Still haven't had time to dig into the bad ones here.
- One DSM port didn't have a cap. Added.
- Took soil core
- Cleaned NR01 with alcohol at about 1420.
- Met Ranger Chris at the road junction who was curious about us. Says he patrols there a lot.
That's it! – a lot of driving.