On March 15, I took a drive about an hour and a half northeast of our house to the Anza Borrego desert. If the winter rains hit just right, the desert explodes in flowers for about 2 weeks per year and then burns back away into desert. At the same time, Carlsbad has really bloomed as well. Although the winter rains were good while they lasted, they ended early and we're already below normal on rainfall. Unfortunately, it looks like another good fuel year for the fall fire season.
But we'll be gone by then. The day before this trip, I officially resigned my position with Weston. We're moving back home to TN. My new job is with Babcock & Wilcox at the Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge. I'll be serving as Director of Special Programs, which will include Waste Operations and Integrated Facility Disposition. The latter component involves consolidating the weapons program into a smaller, more efficient footprint, and will include building demolition and weapons complex modernization. Should be interesting and challenging. We're all looking forward to getting back to Knoxville, although Caitlyn (especially) will miss some of the new friends she made here. I will move out there around April 25, and the family is planning on joining me in July. Here we go again (for the last time)...
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The desert flowers are beautiful. I had hoped we would be in the desert late enough to see the flowers but we left too soon. It still is really cool here. No sign of any flowers yet. We're just hoping no snow. Dad and Mom
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