Week in advance: 5-11 April

Tomorrow I head off for Montana.  All my gear is packed up and ready for my flights.  Obviously the first task of the week will be to get myself and equipment safely to Bozeman, but after that there are a heap of unknowns.  I'll need to get a number of mechanical parts assembled and working, additionally my electronics will have to be set-up and my code will need to run on brand new (to me) systems.  Where will I find my first hitch or bug, I can't say, but I plan to hit the ground running.  I only have four weeks away and I need to make the most of my trip abroad.  Once my kit is running, there will be a number of experiments on offer which will only strengthen my thesis.  I big push now in the lab will only make it easier to compile my PhD work.