And I came to the land where the sun is a tarnished penny, where the wind is a whip, where two moons play at hot rod games, and a hell of sand gives you the incendiary itches whenever you look at it.

we come into this world in the waters and leave it in the winds

Being up on the bridge and watching these waves roll in... We were sitting bow into the wind. We were studying high wind gas exchange so... we'd gone out there for those conditions. The chief scientist was incredibly happy when that storm came around.

Now we can cross the Shifting Sands.

They are strong,” David said. ”But there’s a strong wind today and we drink according to the wind.

Ah, you've come over the water. Powerful wet stuff, ain't it?

Thus far we run before the wind.

It is good here: rustle and snow-crunch...
Ski tracks on the splendid finery
of the snow; a memory
that long ages ago
we passed here together.

We all float down here!

Like other amphibious animals, we must come occasionally on shore: but the water is more properly our element, and in it, like them, as we find our greatest security, so we exert our greatest force.

We love the kindly wind and hail,
The jolly thunderbolt,
We watch in glee the fairy trail
Of ampere, watt, and volt.

Basically, the road was being done before the by-election and you know with by-election, projects go on and you can't hide it and so this one is good for us because of the weather.

but the wind playing in the reeds and rushes and osiers.

These animals came up to us, welcomed us into their pods and started showering us with these clicks.