Katie is here!!!

Katie arrived today! Ive already inducted the poor girl into my mucky world, dragging her to work only hours after I picked her up, but look at how cute she looks in her mud clothes! Much more fashionable than me, but that is to be expected. And you have to admit, it really isnt a bad place to work with a view such as this! Two days ago, Eliska, Marcel, and I went on another search for my plant. We had a beautiful day, and eventually quite successfull... but it was also rather full of trials and tribulations. First, and not unexpectedly unfortunately, there was an issue with the car... Then, Eliska and Marcel were exhausted because the had to pick up Honza from some random place in the woods where he had walked down from his reseach site at the top of the mountain. Not suprisingly, they got very little sleep. So, short nap by the river, ah.... We kept driving and searching... just a few km more, just around this bend... we found this ferry which was kind of cool, but no totora. Then, the crowing achievement of the day... we lost Marcel. He went to a meadow to do his work while we went to out mucky spot (finally found one, 3 Km from the end of the river!). When we got back to pick him up, he was nowhere to be found! He speaks no spanish, and we are off in the middle on the Chilean counryside, 60 km from the nearest paved road. But, we had help, a quite handsome man (on a horse of course!) showed up and didnt laugh too hard at our bad spanish and silly predicament. He organized a search and we eventually were all reunited. What an adventure!
This was our attempt at connection, a tiny pick tape on the side of the road!