Those of you have been following along for my summer of things going awry down here know at least part of the story of the 10 vans of hazardous waste that were supposed to have gone to Chile for winter storage (and then eventual further travel for disposal next summer) in early December. As a reminder: half of them ended up having to stay down here at Palmer pretty much all summer, clogging up every available space, including three of the four pier spots.
When the boat finally came to take them away a couple weeks ago, there was much rejoicing by me. Here's what the pier looked like as we started trying to get them all aboard:
And then here's the after picture with them safely tucked onto the LMG.
And then a truly shocking sight for me: the totally empty pier after the boat left. This is a view I just saw for the first time all summer, and it only lasted for less than 24 hours before we started having to bring a couple of other containers that were stuck up the road all summer down to the pier to pack them. But it was a sweet, sweet (if forlorn) sight!
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